homeland

The country you feel is your home and belong to.

• She missed her homeland.
• They returned to their homeland after many years abroad.
• He wrote songs about the beauty of his homeland.

Similar words: home country, motherland, fatherland

Common phrases: defend the homeland, beloved homeland, homeland of someone

The country where you were born.

• She was born in her homeland, Peru.
• He left his homeland soon after his eighteenth birthday.
• They visited their homeland to see the village where they were born.

Similar words: birth country, native country

Common phrases: native homeland, leave one's homeland, visit one's homeland

The country where you live.

• Canada became her new homeland.
• They built a life in their adopted homeland.
• He now considers the country where he lives his homeland.

Similar words: home country

Common phrases: adopted homeland, new homeland

The land where a particular people or community has traditionally lived.

• This valley is their ancestral homeland.
• The tribe fought to protect its homeland.
• Many families were forced to leave their traditional homeland.

How to use it: the homeland of a people (The valley is the traditional homeland of this indigenous people.)

Similar words: ancestral land, native territory

Common phrases: ancestral homeland, traditional homeland, homeland of someone