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homeland

[hohm-land, -luhnd] / ˈhoʊmˌlænd, -lənd /
NOUN
fatherland
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"We got to protect the homeland and we're going to do that, but obviously we want to work with community leaders," he said in March.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Geryes Bejjani, a 33-year-old Lebanese man, said he had come with friends to "carry a message of peace and coexistence," despite the difficulty of travelling from his homeland which has been dragged into the war.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Claim: “They were also rapidly building a vast stockpile of conventional ballistic missiles and would have soon had missiles that could reach the American homeland, Europe, and virtually any other place on earth.”

From Slate • Apr. 2, 2026

“In this irony of ironies, when we could all be reunited in our homeland for the first time in 44 years, I wasn’t invited.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

But she didn’t stop to visit her homeland, or to comfort and encourage her sisters.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman




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