homeland

== English == === Etymology === From home +‎ land. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhəʊmˌlænd/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈhoʊmˌlænd/, /ˈhoʊmˌlənd/ Hyphenation: home‧land Rhymes: -əʊmlænd === Noun === homeland (plural homelands) The country that one regards as home. One's country of residence. One's country of birth. The traditional territory of an ethnic group or a tribe or clan thereof. (South Africa, historical) An area set aside for black South Africans under the policy of apartheid. Synonym: bantustan ==== Hypernyms ==== land ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== old country === References === homeland (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia homeland on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Holdeman