homeland
home·land/ˈhoʊmˌlænd/noun
homeland is spelled H-O-M-E-L-A-N-D: 8 letters and 2 syllables (home·land). It appears 8.9 times per million words in written English, the 7,672nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, homeland means “The country that one regards as home” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of homeland is homelands.
How many letters and syllables are in homeland?
| Letters | 8: H-O-M-E-L-A-N-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: home·land |
| In writing | 8.9 times per million words; the 7,672nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is homeland?
Homeland appears 8.9 times per million words in written English, the 7,672nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce homeland?
- UK /ˈhəʊmˌlænd/
- US /ˈhoʊmˌlænd/
- US /ˈhoʊmˌlənd/
Homeland has 2 syllables, split home·land in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-homeland.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of homeland
- homelands plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does homeland mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The country that one regards as home.
defend the homeland
- 2
One's country of residence.
- 3
One's country of birth.
- 4
The traditional territory of an ethnic group or a tribe or clan thereof.
- 5
An area set aside for black South Africans under the policy of apartheid.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Homeland in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | patrie , terre natale |
| German | Heimat, Heimatland, Vaterland |
| Portuguese | pátria , terra natal |
| Spanish | patria, terruño , tierra natal |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does homeland come from?
From home + land.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).