# homeland

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈhəʊmˌlænd/ · frequency rank #7,698

## Definitions
1. The country that one regards as home.
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.

## Etymology
From home + land.

## Easily confused with
- **homeward** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homeland-vs-homeward)
- **Holland** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holland-vs-homeland)

## Common misspellings (12)
`hhomeland`, `hmoeland`, `hoemland`, `homealnd`, `homeladn`, `homelandd`, `homelannd`, `homelland`, `homelnad`, `homleand`, `hommeland`, `ohmeland`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/homeland