heartland

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[edit] English

[edit] Noun

heartland (plural heartlands)

1. The centre, or most populous part of a region defined by geographical or non-geographical criteria.

   It was in the heartland of the French wine growing areas.

   The home counties are the Conservative heartland.

[edit] Translations

Finnish: sydänmaa fi(fi), rintamaa fi(fi), ydinalue fi(fi)

Spanish: núcleo es(es) m., corazón es(es) m.