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# homeland

noun (a homeland, homelands)

«homeland» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A homeland is the country where you or your family were born or come from. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homeland/#m1)
2. A homeland is the land a people or nation see as their own. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homeland/#m2)

### In the lessons

Geography and history (refugees far from their homeland), stories about migration, news.

### Examples

- She missed her homeland after moving to Canada. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homeland/#x1)
- Many refugees hope to return to their homeland. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homeland/#x2)
- Ireland is the homeland of my grandparents. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homeland/#x3)
- The poem is about love for one's homeland. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homeland/#x4)
- The tribe returned to their homeland. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homeland/#x5)
- Our class mapped each family's homeland. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homeland/#x6)

### Note

Countable. Similar: home country, motherland, fatherland. It carries strong feelings of belonging.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «homeland» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homeland/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«homeland» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/homeland.html) on Mova free.