heartland

English

Etymology

heart +‎ land

Noun

heartland (plural heartlands)

1. The central part of a region defined by geographical or non-geographical criteria, such as support for a political party, faith or similar.

   We stayed in the heartland of the French wine-growing regions.

   The home counties are the Conservative heartland.

2. The part of a region considered essential to the viability and survival of the whole.

Translations

central part of a region

• Dutch: centrum (nl), kern (nl)
• Finnish: sydänmaa (fi), rintamaa, ydinalue (fi)
• French: centre (fr) m
• Maori: manowhenua
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: coração (pt) m
• Spanish: núcleo (es) m, corazón (es) m
• Swedish: hjärta (sv) n, kärnland n, kärnområde n