homeland

  1. Noun.  One’s country of residence.
  2. Noun.  One’s country of birth.
  3. Noun.  The traditional territory of an ethnic group.
  4. Noun.  (context, South Africa) An area set aside for black South Africans under the policy of apartheid.

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