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homeland

[hohm-land, -luhnd] / ˈhoʊmˌlænd, -lənd /
NOUN
fatherland
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The Scot now heads to his homeland for his second Games appearance, competing in the Commonwealth Mile in search of his first medal for Team Scotland.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

In the US capital, the department of homeland security and emergency management said air quality was "unhealthy for at-risk groups" including children and the elderly, urging people to limit time outdoors.

From Barron's Jul. 18, 2026

Gustavo Dudamel’s farewell to Los Angeles will also function as a benefit for his homeland of Venezuela, which suffered catastrophic losses from twin earthquakes in late June.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 6, 2026

Kristi Noem, the former South Dakota governor and Trump’s former homeland security secretary, once gave him a 4-foot-tall replica of the memorial, with his face joining the four presidents.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 3, 2026

Over the next few days Will learned why the bears were making this voyage into Central Asia, so far from their homeland.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

These lands were part of the indigenous homelands of the Jewish people.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 10, 2026

The highway traverses the ancestral homelands of more than 25 tribal nations.

From Los Angeles Times May 12, 2026

President David Adeang also floated the possibility of sending the immigrants -- some of whom advocacy groups say are refugees -- back to their homelands.

From Barron's Nov. 25, 2025

This is the third survivor of a U.S. strike, after a Colombian and an Ecuadorean were rescued and repatriated to their homelands earlier this month.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 28, 2025

The table suggests that food production began to provide a large fraction of human diets around 5,000 years earlier in the Eurasian homelands than in those of the Americas.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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