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heartland

[hahrt-land, -luhnd] / ˈhɑrtˌlænd, -lənd /
ADJECTIVE
back country
Synonyms
STRONGEST
backwoods
STRONG
backwater inland rural rustic upcountry
ADJECTIVE
inland
Synonyms
WEAK
back-country backland boondocks central hinterland inward midland provincial upcountry
Antonyms
WEAK
border coastal frontier
NOUN
interior
Synonyms
STRONG
belly bosom contents heart innards inside lining marrow midst pith pulp soul substance viscera
WEAK
inner parts internals intrinsicality
Antonyms
STRONG
exterior exteriority outside

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The restaurant recreates a vibe straight out of the U.S. heartland and attracts as many as 4,000 customers daily.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Southern Lebanon is the heartland of Lebanon's Shia Muslim community, Hezbollah's main support base.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

KwaZulu-Natal is the heartland of the country's dairy industry.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

Last year saw sectarian violence in the country's coastal Alawite heartland and in southern Syria's Druze-majority Sweida province.

From Barron's • Jan. 19, 2026

At first we flew over Highway 186, which arrows west from Chetumal across the Maya heartland.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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