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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
This was all against the backdrop of a concerted effort to drive us from our homelands.
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Shaun Chapoose, Denver Post, 20 May 2026
The Greater Chaco Cultural Landscape, which spans New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, and Utah, is the ancestral homelands of the Pueblo and Hopi.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 20 May 2026
Sites from Alabama to California and the Four Corners trace stories of Black freedom, Japanese American incarceration, Indigenous homelands, immigrant journeys and early quests for religious and women’s rights.
—Darlene Superville, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026
The court found at the time that stateless people or people who could not be returned to their homelands could no longer be held indefinitely in Australian detention with little chance of a third country offering a home.
—ABC News, 6 May 2026
That means many people from both countries will have to leave the United States and possibly return to homelands where their lives are in danger.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
But Indigenous peoples who had lived in these lands for thousands of years were determined to assert their sovereignty and retain their homelands.
—Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
Even the western coastal homelands of Assad and his Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shiite Islam, largely acquiesced to Sharaa's leadership.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
Given ongoing conflicts and political instability in Ukraine, Haiti, Venezuela, and Nicaragua, forcing migrants to return to their homelands engulfed in war or violence fails to observe these international legal norms and could place them in immediate danger.
—Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Shaun Chapoose, Denver Post, 20 May 2026
The Greater Chaco Cultural Landscape, which spans New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, and Utah, is the ancestral homelands of the Pueblo and Hopi.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 20 May 2026
Sites from Alabama to California and the Four Corners trace stories of Black freedom, Japanese American incarceration, Indigenous homelands, immigrant journeys and early quests for religious and women’s rights.
—Darlene Superville, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026
The court found at the time that stateless people or people who could not be returned to their homelands could no longer be held indefinitely in Australian detention with little chance of a third country offering a home.
—ABC News, 6 May 2026
That means many people from both countries will have to leave the United States and possibly return to homelands where their lives are in danger.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
But Indigenous peoples who had lived in these lands for thousands of years were determined to assert their sovereignty and retain their homelands.
—Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
Even the western coastal homelands of Assad and his Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shiite Islam, largely acquiesced to Sharaa's leadership.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
Given ongoing conflicts and political instability in Ukraine, Haiti, Venezuela, and Nicaragua, forcing migrants to return to their homelands engulfed in war or violence fails to observe these international legal norms and could place them in immediate danger.
—Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for homelands
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In true Swiss fashion, Wengen features a number of chalet-style homes, snowcapped mountains, and bucolic scenes in nearly every direction.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
25 May 2026
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In June Lake, California, near the entrance of Yosemite National Park, Connie Lear manages rental reservations for 42 units, mostly condos and private homes.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
24 May 2026
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Additionally, a study of 39 participant groups in 15 countries showed that people experience the same rhythm differently depending on the culture in which they’ve been immersed.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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Of the 51 countries that have earned Blue Flag designations this year, only a few are in Asia.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
19 May 2026
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“Homelands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homelands. Accessed 25 May. 2026.
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