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- [hahrt-land, -luh nd]
- /ˈhɑrtˌlænd, -lənd/
- /ˈhɑːt.lænd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hahrt-land, -luh nd]
- /ˈhɑrtˌlænd, -lənd/
Definitions of heartland word
- noun heartland the part of a region considered essential to the viability and survival of the whole, especially a central land area relatively invulnerable to attack and capable of economic and political self-sufficiency. 1
- noun heartland any central area, as of a state, nation, or continent: a vineyard in California's heartland. 1
- noun heartland The central or most important part of a country, area, or field of activity. 1
- noun heartland central area 1
- noun heartland important area 1
- countable noun heartland Journalists use heartland or heartlands to refer to the area or region where a particular set of activities or beliefs is most significant. 0
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Origin of heartland
First appearance:
before 1900 One of the 17% newest English words
First recorded in 1900-05; heart + land
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Parts of speech for Heartland
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
heartland popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
heartland usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for heartland
noun heartland
- marrow — a partner; fellow worker.
- heart — Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- substance — that of which a thing consists; physical matter or material: form and substance.
- lining — a thickness of glue, as between two veneers in a sheet of plywood.
- inside — on the inner side or part of; within: inside the circle; inside the envelope.
adj heartland
- boondocks — If you say that someone lives in the boondocks, you mean that they live a long way from any large cities.
- central — Something that is central is in the middle of a place or area.
- hinterland — Often, hinterlands. the remote or less developed parts of a country; back country: The hinterlands are usually much more picturesque than the urban areas.
- inward — toward the inside, interior, or center, as of a place, space, or body.
- provincial — belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.
Antonyms for heartland
noun heartland
- outside — the outer side, surface, or part; exterior: The outside of the house needs painting.
- exterior — Forming, situated on, or relating to the outside of something.
- exteriority — Surface; externality.
adj heartland
- coastal — Coastal is used to refer to things that are in the sea or on the land near a coast.
- border — The border between two countries or regions is the dividing line between them. Sometimes the border also refers to the land close to this line.
- frontier — the part of a country that borders another country; boundary; border.
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