homeland

homeland
noun
  1. a person's or a people's native land
    家乡,祖国
    he left his homeland to settle in London.
    他离开了祖国,定居在伦敦。
    ■an autonomous or semi-autonomous state occupied by a particular people
    自治(或半自治)国家
    their political aim is a separate Tamil homeland.
    他们的政治目标是建立一个独立的泰米尔自治国。
    ■(historical)any of ten partially self-governing areas in South Africa designated for particular indigenous African peoples under the former policy of separate development
    (史)(在前隔离发展政策下指定的)南非本土非洲人十个半自治区之一
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