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Meaning of homeland | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2 Standard
ˈhəʊmˌlænd

Definitions

  1. home
  2. The country that one regards as home.
  3. A census-designated place in Riverside County, California, United States.
  4. One's country of residence.
  5. (people) without a place to live in. This charity was set up to help the homeless; homeless people. dakloos, haweloos بِدون بَيْت бездомен sem teto der/die Obdachlose, obdachlos hjemløs άστεγος los sin techo kodutu بي خانمان koditon sans-abri חַסָר בַּית बेघर beskucnici; bez kuce i kucišta hajléktalan tuna wisma heimilislaus senzatetto 家のない 집이 없는 benamis bez mājām; bez pajumtes tiada tempat berteduh dakloze; daklooshjemløs, husløs/-vill bezdomny بی کوره (pessoas) sem lar per­soane fără adăpos...
  6. housekeeping
  7. One's country of birth.
  8. huislikheid طَبيعيَّه، بيتيَّه домашен уют simplicidade prostota die Schlichtheit grimt udseende οικογενειακή θαλπωρή llaneza, sencillez kodusus صميميت kodinomaisuus simplicité; laideur בֵּיתִיוּת भोलापन, भद्दापन priprostost, srdacnost; neuglednost, ružnoca szerénység; meghittség; jelentéktelenség keburukan hversdagsleiki; ljótleiki semplicità; bruttezza 家庭的なこと 가정적임 paprastumas, jaukumas mājīgums keadaan seperti di rumah huiselijkheidmindre pent utseendeprostota صمیمیت simplicidade simplitate...
  9. hearth, fireplace
  10. The traditional territory of an ethnic group.
  11. grown in one's own garden or in one's own country. These tomatoes are home-grown. eie مُنْتَج بيتيّا домашен caseiro doma vypěstovaný aus dem eigenen Garten hjemmedyrket σπιτικός de cultivo local/nacional omakasvatatud, kodumaine خانگی omaa satoa du jardin/pays מְהַגִינָה הַבֵּיתִית घर में उपजाया हुआ domaci (ne uvozni) hazai termésű ditanam sendiri heimaræktaður nostrano 自家栽培の 자기 집에서 기른, 당지(지방)산의 savas, pačių išaugintas (par augļiem, dārzeņiem) vietējs; pašaudzēts ditanam sendiri eigen kweek ...
  12. An area set aside for black South Africans under the policy of apartheid.
    South-Africa, historical
  13. a person's native land. Immigrants often weep for their homeland. vaderland, moederland وَطَن родина terra natal vlast das Heimatland fødeland; hjemland πατρίδαpatria, tierra natal kodumaa وطن kotimaa patrieמולדת स्वदेश domovina szülőföld tanah leluhur ættjörð, föðurland terra natia, patria 故国 고국 tėvynė dzimtene; dzimtā zeme kampung halaman moederland fedre-/hjemland ojczyzna ټاټوبی، وطن terra natal pa­trie родина vlasť domovina domovina hemland บ้านเกิด ana yurt, ana vatan 祖國 батьківщина, ві...
  14. made by a person at home; not professionally made. home-made jam; home-made furniture. tuisgemaak صِناعَة مَحَليَّه домашен de fabricação caseira domácí, doma vyrobený selbstgemacht hjemmelavet σπιτικόςhecho en casa, de fabricación casera kodus valmistatud خانگی kotitekoinen fait à la maison תּוֹצֶרֶת בַּיִת हाथ का बना nacinjen kod kuce, domaci házi(lag készült) buatan sendiri heimatilbúinn fatto in casa 自家製の 가정에서 만든 namų darbo, naminis mājās gatavots buatan sendiri thuisgemaakt hjemmelaget/-...
  15. the government of a country or part of a country by its own citizens. selfbestuur حُكُم مَحَلّي автономия autonomia samospráva die Selbstregierung hjemmestyre; selvstyre αυτοδιάθεσηautonomía omavalitsus, autonoomia خود مختاری itsehallinto autonomie שִׁלטוֹן עַצמִי स्वशासन nezavisnost, samouprava önkormányzat otonomi heimastjórn; sjálfstjórn autonomia 地方自治 지방 자치 savivalda pašvaldība peraturan tempatan zelfbestuur selv-/hjemmestyre autonomia خود مختاری، آزادی autonomia autonomie самоуправление ...
  16. missing one's home. When the boy first went to boarding-school he was very homesick. verlangend, vol heimwee مُشْتاق إلى الوَطَن обзет от носталгия по родината saudoso tesknící po domově Heimweh haben som har hjemvé που νοσταλγεί το σπίτι του ή την πατρίδα του nostalgia del país/de la familia koduigatsust tundev دلتنگ براي ميهن و خانه خود kotia ikävöivä qui a la mal du pays מִתגַעגֵע הַבַּיתָה गृहासक्त nostalgican, koji cezne za domom honvágya van ingin pulang haldinn heimþrá nostalgico, ホームシ...
  17. heimwee الحَنين إلى الوَطَن носталгичност saudades de casa stesk po domově das Heimweh hjemvé νοσταλγία για το σπίτι ή την πατρίδα nostalgia koduigatsus فراق ميهن koti-ikävä mal du pays גַעגוּעִים הַבַּיתָה गृहातुरता nostalgija, ceznuce za domom honvágy keinginan pulang heimþrá nostalgia 郷愁 향수 namų ilgesys ilgas pēc mājām/dzimtenes kerinduan pada kampung halaman heimweehjemlengsel tęsknota za domem, nostalgia په وطن پسی خواشینی saudades de casa dor de casă ностальгия túžba po domove domotožje...
  18. a house, especially a farm, with the land and other buildings (eg barns) which belong to it, especially in the United States, Australia etc. opstal البَيْت العائِلي чифлик propriedade rural statek die Heimstätte bondegård υποστατικό caserío; granja talund خانه با متعلقات آن maatalo fermeנחלה वासभूमि posjed s gospodarskim zgradama farm, tanya rumah pertanian bústaður, bÿli; bóndabær casa colonica, fattoria 自作農場 집과 대지 sodyba lauku mājas; ferma rumah ladang woonstede gårdsbrukgospodarstwo کور د ...
    especially
  19. a plain statement of something which is unpleasant but true (about a person, his behaviour etc) said directly to the person. It's time someone told him a few home truths. onaangename/harde waarheid حقائِق مؤلِمَه ولكنها حقيقيّه жестоката истина verdades nepříjemná pravda ehrliche Meinung ubehagelig sandhed; borgerligt ord πικρή αλήθεια (decir) cuatro verdades a alguien karm tõde حقایق تلخ در مورد انسان یا چیز دیگر suorat sanat ses quatre véritésתוכחה कटुसत्य rijeci koje kosnu (žacnu, pogode) ...
    etc

Equivalents

العربية الوطن وطن
Azərbaycanca vətən yurd
Български родина
Bosanski domovina vlast
Català pàtria
Čeština domovina vlast
Ελληνικά πατρίδα
Esperanto patrio patrujo
Español hogar patria terruño tierra natal
Eesti kodumaa
Gaeilge tír dhúchais
Galego patria
ગુજરાતી સ્વદેશ
עברית מולדת מכורה
Hrvatski domovina vlast
Հայերեն հայրենիք
Bahasa Indonesia tanah air
日本語 原郷 故郷 母国 祖国
Қазақша атажұрт отан
한국어 고국 고향 모국 자기 나라
Kurdî ewê memleket
Кыргызча мекен
Latina patria
Lietuvių gimtinė tėvynė
Latviešu dzimtene
Te Reo Māori ewe
Македонски родина татковина
Bahasa Melayu tanah air
မြန်မာဘာသာ ဇာတိမြေ မွေးရပ်မြေ
Português pátria terra natal
Română patrie
Slovenčina domov domovina vlasť
Slovenščina domovina
Српски domovina vlast
Тоҷикӣ ватан меҳан
Türkmençe watan
Türkçe anavatan memleket vatan yurt
ئۇيغۇرچە ۋەتەن
اردو دیس وَطَن
Oʻzbekcha vatan
Tiếng Việt quê hương tổ quốc
Yorùbá ìlú

Examples

“defend the homeland”
“return to the homeland”
“homeland security”
“After years abroad, she finally returned to her homeland.”
“They fought bravely to defend their homeland.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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