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heartland

[hahrt-land, -luhnd] / ˈhɑrtˌlænd, -lənd /
ADJECTIVE
back country
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Southern Lebanon is the heartland of Lebanon's Shia Muslim community, Hezbollah's main support base.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

A war-fueled surge in the price of fertilizer is reverberating from Wall Street to the American heartland, sending shares of producers soaring while forcing farmers into tough choices ahead of spring planting season.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

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

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

In a college sports landscape lorded over by billionaires, none other than John Mellencamp—the 74-year-old heartland rocker—has played no small part in Indiana’s rise from laughingstock to the No. 1 team in the country.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 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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