Synonyms for homeland

Grammar : Noun

Spell : hohm-land, -luh nd

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhoʊmˌlænd, -lənd

Définition of homeland

Origin : 1660s, from home (n.) + land (n.). Old English hamland meant "enclosed pasture."

noun fatherland

Example sentences :

I wish the book might be read by all the Christians in the homeland.
Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael

Might he not be the bearer of important and good news from the homeland?
Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson

I send them all my compliments from the homeland, and ask the reader, if he will, to do likewise.
Extract from : « The Great White Tribe in Filipinia » by Paul T. Gilbert

The homeland seemed strange at first, but they soon got used to things.
Extract from : « Have We No Rights? » by Mabel Williamson

Young fellow only thirty, dying so far away from his homeland.
Extract from : « Each Man Kills » by Victoria Glad

He became angry every time he thought about how the tribe had been driven from its homeland.
Extract from : « Shaman » by Robert Shea

A loud cry of "Swadesha" (homeland) has swept over the country.
Extract from : « India, Its Life and Thought » by John P. Jones

It is childish to go in search of the geographic location of this homeland.
Extract from : « The Jewish State » by Theodor Herzl

We see this the better if we turn from Venice to our own homeland.
Extract from : « Stray Studies from England and Italy » by John Richard Greene

And the pure-bred Brazilian native has not been entirely wiped off the face of his homeland.
Extract from : « Rubber » by Edith A. Browne

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