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homeland

home·land [ hṓm lànd ] (plural home·lands)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. native country: the country where somebody was born or where somebody lives and feels that he or she belongs

2. self-governing territory for black people: in South Africa during the apartheid era, a partially self-governing region created and set aside for the black population

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