homeland

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[edit] English

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Homeland (disambiguation)

[edit] Noun

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Homeland

Singular
home land

Plural
homelands

home land (plural homelands)

One’s country of residence.
One’s country of birth.
(South African, historical) An area set aside for black South Africans under the policy of apartheid.

[edit] Translations

homeland

Albanian: atdhe sq(sq), mëmëdhe sq(sq)
Arabic: وَطَنٌ (wáʈan), أوْطَان (’awʈá:n) pl.
Bosnian: domovina bs(bs) f.
Croatian: domovina hr(hr) f.
Czech: vlast cs(cs) f., domovina cs(cs) f.
Dutch: thuisland nl(nl) n.
Faroese: heimland fo(fo) n.
Finnish: kotimaa fi(fi)
French: patrie fr(fr) f.
German: Heimat f. (1,2), Heimatland n. (1,2)
Greek:

Ancient: πατρίς f. (patris)

Modern: πατρίδα el(el) f. (patríδa)
Gujarati: સ્વદેશ (svadeš)
Hebrew: מולדת (moledet), מכורה (mechora) f.
Hindi: स्वदेश (svadeš), वतन (vatan)

Hungarian: szülőföld hu(hu)
Japanese: 故郷 (こきょう, kókyō)
Korean: 고국 (goguk), 자기 나라 (jagi nara)
Latin: patria la(la) f.
Macedonian: татковина mk(mk) (tatkóvina) f., родина mk(mk) (ródina) f.
Old English: ēþel ang(ang), eard ang(ang)
Persian: وطن (vatan)
Portuguese: pátria pt(pt) f.
Russian: родина ru(ru) (ródina) f.
Serbian:

Cyrillic: домовина f., завичај m.

Roman: domovina f., zavičaj m.
Spanish: patria f., país natal m.
Tamil: ஈழம் (eelam)
Turkish: vatan, anavatan
Urdu: وطن (vatan)

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