homeland

C1 Topic:Places & Geography

US /ˈhoʊmˌlænd/ UK /ˈhəʊmˌlænd/ See IPA manual

Freq #5695

Meanings

1

noun
The country where someone was born or that they think of as home.

Many refugees dream of returning to their homeland one day.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the country where someone... fatherland

Word family

Forms homelands

Derived forms homelanderur-homeland

Related forms fatherland motherland

Etymology

From home + land.

Topics

Places & Geography

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