homelands

plural of homeland
as in homes
the land of one's birth, residence, or citizenship tries to return every year to Italy, her homeland for the first two decades of her life

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Recent Examples of homelands The Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians count the site among their ancestral homelands. — Sean MacAday, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2026 Many turned to places with small but established communities of immigrants from their homelands. — Will Jarrett, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026 The stealing of Native Americans and their homelands is not just a side story in the grand drama of American history. — Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026 At scale, migrants and their descendants recreate the conditions, and terrors, of their broken homelands. — Claudia Boyd-Barrett, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026 Banchi Hanuse works across film and radio as a co-founder of Nuxalk Radio, supporting Nuxalk language revitalization, upholding Nuxalk Nationhood and advocating for stewardship of Nuxalk homelands. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2026 Lake Huron is named after the Huron, or Huron-Wendat people, whose ancestral homelands surround Lake Huron, Pure Michigan says. — Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2026 Ripped from their homelands, many were brutally beaten and forced to convert to Christianity. — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026 Seminole and Miccosukee people denounced it as a threat to their sacred homelands. — The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for homelands
Noun
  • Power plants generate electricity, grids deliver it, and homes, factories and businesses consume it.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Ironically, the one spot where Dearborn Park genuinely engages the cityscape is along the west side of State south of Roosevelt where a row of single-family homes follows Chicago’s typical development pattern.
    — Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Talker Research conducted the survey July 2–16 across nine countries, polling professionals in technology and security roles at companies with at least 500 employees.
    — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Freestanding beauty stores’ openings will be accelerated in other countries.
    — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026

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“Homelands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homelands. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

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