Synonyms for homeland
ˈhoʊmˌlænd, -ləndhome·land

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1. fatherland, homeland, motherland, mother country, country of origin, native landnoun

   the country where you were born

   Synonyms:
   motherland, fatherland, native land, country of origin, mother country

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1. • Country

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1. List of paraphrases for "homeland":

   patrie, patria, fatherland, motherland, nation, internal, home, country, al-watan, inland, domestic, procedure, hometown, inner, territory, homes

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How to use homeland in a sentence?

1. John Boehner:

   Our goal here is to fund the Department of Homeland Security. And our second goal is to stop the president's executive overreach.

2. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson:

   I’m talking to every member of Congress who will listen, it's absurd that we're even having this conversation about Congress' inability to fund Homeland Security in these challenging times.

3. Hunter Biden:

   Our mission is to stop Afghanistan from being a base for attacking the homeland and US allies by al Qaeda or other terrorist groups, not to deliver a death blow to the Taliban.

4. Jeb Bush:

   I would say the best part of the Obama administration has been his continuance of the protections of the homeland using the big metadata programs, the NSA being enhanced, even though he never defends it, even though he never admits it, there has been a continuation of a very important service, which is the first obligation of our national government is to keep us safe.

5. Larry Hogan:

   The mere fact that we have had discussions with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Department of Homeland Security, Office of Cybersecurity and Communications should provide evidence of our grave concern regarding this matter.