homeland

home-land · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A person's or people's native land; the country where one was born or has citizenship.

  2. 2.

    A region designated for a particular ethnic group.

Forms

plural: homelands

Related words

Antonyms: foreign land
See also: country, fatherland, native
Synonyms: fatherland, motherland, native land

Etymology

Compound of English home + land.