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heartland
[ hahrt-land, -luhnd ]
noun
- 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.
- any central area, as of a state, nation, or continent:
a vineyard in California's heartland.
heartland
/ ˈɑːˌæԻ /
noun
- the central region of a country or continent
- the core or most vital area
the industrial heartland of England
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of heartland1
Example Sentences
Beijing doesn't seem too worried about looking elsewhere for more chicken, pork and sorghum and – at the same time – it knows it is whacking the US president right in his heartland.
Southern Lebanon is the heartland of Lebanon's Shia Muslim community, which is the bulk of Hezbollah's support base, and one of the regions of the country where the group has traditionally had a significant presence.
That slender margin was shored up on Tuesday in special congressional elections in Trump's political heartland of Florida.
One 2020 study showed that minorities, including Asian, Latino and Black people, generally enjoy higher real incomes and home ownership in Southern or some heartland cities than in the East or West coast metros.
The Tonga and Samoa series were well received and a success for England, but all the games were staged at stadiums with capacities up to 25,000 in rugby league's traditional heartland.
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