Heartland Meaning
/ˈhɑːtlənd/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounSynonym of heart (“the seat of the affections or love”).
nounAlso in the plural form heartlands:, The interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant.
Sentence Examples
Boumerdes has become Algeria's grapes heartland.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The farmers in the ____ produced most of the country's wheat.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The central part of the country is often referred to as the ____, famous for its vast farms.
Word Origin & History
From heart (“(figuratively) centre, core, essence”) + land.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"[R]ound the Pole all three powers lay claim to enormous territories which in fact are largely uninhabited and unexplored: but the balance of power always remains roughly even, and the territory which forms the heartland of each super-state always remains inviolate."
— 1949 June 8, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter 9, in Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel, London: Secker & Warburg, →OCLC; republished [Australia]: Project Gutenberg of Australia, August 2001, part 2, page 172:
"Israel intercepted a missile fired by Hezbollah near Tel Aviv on Wednesday, an unprecedented attack by the militant group that reached deep into the country’s commercial heartlands and marked a new escalatory step in the conflict between the two sides."
— 2024 September 25, Irene Nasser, Dana Karni, Helen Regan, Sophie Tanno, “Israel intercepts Hezbollah ballistic missile near Tel Aviv in first such attack”, in CNN, archived from the original on 01 Nov 2024:
"Those in the HDB [Housing and Development Board] heartland will be able to vote in the airconditioned comfort of their community centres […]"
— 2003, Anais [pseudonym], soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):
"Take heart, small-time shopkeepers in the heartlands."
— 2001 March 16, Alfred Dass, Today, Singapore: Mediacorp Press, →OCLC, page 8:
"I applaud the organising committee's decision to hold the concert in the heartlands."
— 2003 July 23, Jason Lee Boon Hong, Today, Singapore: Mediacorp Press, →OCLC, page 10:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The farmers in the ____ produced most of the country's wheat.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The central part of the country is often referred to as the ____, famous for its vast farms.