homeland

See also: Homeland

English

Etymology

home +‎ land

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: home‧land

Noun

homeland (plural homelands)

The country that one regards as home.
One's country of residence.
One's country of birth.
The traditional territory of an ethnic group.
(South Africa, historical) An area set aside for black South Africans under the policy of apartheid.
Synonym: bantustan

Hypernyms

land

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

country which one regards as home

Afrikaans: tuisland
Albanian: atdhe (sq) f, mëmëdhe (sq) f
Amharic: የትውልድ ሃገር (yätwəld hagär), የትውልድ ሀገር (yätwəld hägär)
Arabic: وَطَن (ar) m (waṭan)
Armenian: հայրենիք (hy) (hayrenikʿ)
Asturian: patria f
Avar: ватӏан (watʼan)
Azerbaijani: vətən (az)
Bashkir: ватан (vatan)
Belarusian: радзі́ма (be) f (radzíma), айчы́на f (ajčýna), ба́цькаўшчына f (bácʹkaŭščyna)
Bengali: স্বদেশ (bn) (śodeś), ওয়াতন (bn) (ōẇaton), ওতন (ōton)
Bulgarian: роди́на (bg) f (rodína), оте́чество (bg) n (otéčestvo)
Burmese: မွေးရပ်မြေ (mwe:rapmre), ဇာတိမြေ (jati.mre)
Catalan: pàtria (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 祖國／祖国 (zh) (zǔguó), 故鄉／故乡 (zh) (gùxiāng) (native place)
Crimean Tatar: vatan
Czech: vlast (cs) f, domovina f
Danish: hjemland (da) n
Dutch: thuisland (nl) n, vaderland (nl) n
Esperanto: patrujo (eo), patrio (eo), hejmlando
Estonian: kodumaa (et)
Faroese: heimland n
Finnish: kotimaa (fi)
French: patrie (fr) f
Galician: patria (gl) f
Georgian: სამშობლო (ka) (samšoblo), მამული (mamuli)
German: Heimat (de) f, Heimatland (de) n, Vaterland (de) m
Silesian German: Heemteland n
Greek: πατρίδα (el) f (patrída)
Ancient: πατρίς f (patrís)
Gujarati: સ્વદેશ (svadeś)
Hebrew: מוֹלֶדֶת (he) f (molédet), מְכוֹרָה (he) f (mekhorá)
Hindi: स्वदेश (hi) m (svadeś), वतन (hi) m (vatan), मातृभूमि (hi) f (mātŕbhūmi), जन्मभूमि (hi) f (janmabhūmi)
Hungarian: szülőföld (hu), haza (hu)
Icelandic: heimaland n
Indonesian: tanah air (id)
Irish: tír dhúchais f
Italian: patria (it) f, suolo natio, paese (it) m
Japanese: 祖国 (ja) (そこく, sokoku), 故郷 (ja) (こきょう, kókyō) (native place), 原郷 (げんきょう, genkyō), 母国 (ja) (ぼこく, bokoku)
Kazakh: атажұрт (atajūrt), отан (otan), атамекен (atameken)
Khmer: ស្វទេស (km) (svaʼteih), ដំណែល (km) (dɑmnael), មាតុប្រទេស (miətoprɑɑteih), មាតុភូមិ (miətophuum)
Korean: 고국(故國) (ko) (goguk), 자기 나라 (jagi nara), 고향(故鄕) (ko) (gohyang) (native place), 모국(母國) (ko) (moguk)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: welat (ku), weten (ku)
Kyrgyz: родина (ky) (rodina), ата мекен (ata meken), мекен (meken)
Lao: ບ້ານເມືອງ (bān mư̄ang), ເມືອງແມ່ (mư̄ang mǣ), ມາຕຸພູມ (lo) (mā tu phūm)
Latin: patria (la) f
Latvian: dzimtene f
Ligurian: patria
Lithuanian: tėvynė (lt) f, gimtinė f
Macedonian: татковина f (tatkovina), родина f (rodina)
Malay: tanah air (ms)
Malayalam: സ്വദേശം (ml) (svadēśaṁ)
Maori: ewe, ipukarea
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: эх орон (ex oron)
Northern Thai: ᨷ᩶ᩤ᩠ᨶᨾᩮᩬᩥᨦ
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hjemland n, moderland n
Occitan: patria (oc) f
Old English: ēþel m, eard m
Ottoman Turkish: وطن (vatan)
Pashto: وطن (ps) m (watan)
Persian: وطن (fa) (vatan), میهن (fa) (mihan), زادبوم (fa) (zâdbum)
Polish: ojczyzna (pl) f, macierz (pl) f, ojcowizna (pl) f
Portuguese: pátria (pt) f
Romanian: patrie (ro) f
Russian: ро́дина (ru) f (ródina), оте́чество (ru) n (otéčestvo), отчи́зна (ru) f (otčízna)
Rwanda-Rundi: igihugu kavukire
Sanskrit: स्वदेश (sa) m (svadeśa), मातृभूमि f (mātṛbhūmi)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: до̀мовина f, за̏вича̄ј m, о̀таџбина f

Roman: dòmovina (sh) f, zȁvičāj (sh) m, òtadžbina (sh) f
Silesian: hajmat m
Slovak: vlasť f, domovina f
Slovene: domovina (sl) f
Southern Altai: тӧрӧл (töröl)
Spanish: patria (es) f, terruño m
Sundanese: lemah cai
Swedish: fosterland (sv) n, hemland (sv) n
Tajik: ватан (tg) (vatan), меҳан (tg) (mehan)
Tamil: ஈழம் (ta) (īḻam)
Tatar: ватан (tt) (watan)
Thai: บ้านเกิด (bâan-gə̀ət), บ้านเมือง (th) (bâan-mʉʉang), บ้านเกิดเมืองนอน (th) (bâan-gə̀ət-mʉʉang-nɔɔn), มาตุภูมิ (maa-dtù-puum)
Turkish: vatan (tr), anavatan (tr), yurt (tr)
Turkmen: watan
Ukrainian: ба́тьківщина (uk) f (bátʹkivščyna), вітчи́зна (uk) f (vitčýzna)
Urdu: وطن (ur) m (vatan)
Uyghur: ۋەتەن (weten)
Uzbek: vatan (uz)
Vietnamese: tổ quốc (vi) (祖國), quê hương (vi)
Walloon: patreye (wa) f
Yiddish: היימלאַנד n (heymland), מוטערלאַנד n (muterland)
Zazaki: ware (diq) m, weten m

one's country of residence

Finnish: asuinmaa

one's country of birth

Afrikaans: geboorteland
Bengali: জন্মস্থান (bn) (jonmosthan)
Bulgarian: роди́на (bg) f (rodína)
Danish: fædreland n, fødeland (da) n
Dutch: geboorteland (nl) n
Finnish: synnyinmaa (fi)
French: terre natale (fr) f
Greek:
Ancient: πατρίς f (patrís)
Hungarian: szülőhaza (hu), szülőföld (hu)
Latin: patria (la) f
Malayalam: മാതൃഭൂമി (ml) (mātr̥bhūmi), ജന്മഭൂമി (janmabhūmi)
Maori: ewe
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: төрсөн нутаг (törsön nutag)
Ottoman Turkish: وطن (vatan)
Portuguese: terra natal (pt) f
Rwanda-Rundi: igihugu kavukire
Spanish: tierra natal f
Yoruba: ìlú

traditional territory of an ethnic group

Danish: hjemland (da) n
Finnish: asuinalue (fi)
Hungarian: haza (hu)
Old English: ǣþel m

South Africa: area for blacks

Danish: hjemland (da) n
Finnish: kotimaa (fi)

References

homeland (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
homeland on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

Holdeman

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