"heartland" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈhɑːtlənd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /-lænd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈhɑɹtlənd/ [General-American], /-ˌlænd/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-heartland.ogg [US] Forms: heartlands [plural]
enPR: härtʹ-lənd Etymology: From heart (“(figuratively) centre, core, essence”) + land. Etymology templates: {{langname|en}} English, {{senseno|en|Mackinder}} sense 2.1.1, {{langname|en}} English, {{senseno|en|Singapore}} sense 2.1.2, {{compound|en|heart|land|notext=1|t1=(figuratively) centre, core, essence|type=exocentric}} heart (“(figuratively) centre, core, essence”) + land Head templates: {{en-noun}} heartland (plural heartlands)
  1. Synonym of heart (“the seat of the affections or love”) Synonyms: heart [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-heartland-en-noun-iK4UELMo
  2. Also 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.
    (specifically) In the geopolitical theory of the English geographer Halford John Mackinder (1861–1947): the interior of the world island comprising north-central Eurasia regarded as politically powerful.
    Tags: specifically Categories (place): Regions Translations (interior of the world island comprising north-central Eurasia regarded as politically powerful): Euroopan sydänmaat [plural] (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-heartland-en-noun-en:Mackinder Disambiguation of Regions: 1 22 24 27 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English exocentric compounds Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 26 29 28 15 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 27 21 34 16 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 25 23 30 20 Disambiguation of English exocentric compounds: 5 40 10 37 7 Disambiguation of 'interior of the world island comprising north-central Eurasia regarded as politically powerful': 0 60 15 21 4
  3. Also 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.
    (specifically, Singapore, chiefly in the plural) Residential districts and planning areas outside the city centre; the new towns of Singapore collectively.
    Tags: Singapore, in-plural, specifically Categories (place): Regions Translations ((Singapore) residential districts outside the city centre): 鄰里社区 (línlǐ shèqū) (Chinese Mandarin), keskustan ulkopuoliset alueet [plural] (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-heartland-en-noun-en:Singapore Disambiguation of Regions: 1 22 24 27 25 Categories (other): Singapore English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English exocentric compounds Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 26 29 28 15 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 27 21 34 16 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 25 23 30 20 Disambiguation of English exocentric compounds: 5 40 10 37 7 Disambiguation of '(Singapore) residential districts outside the city centre': 1 7 72 16 5
  4. Also 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.
    (specifically, US, often attributively) The states in the centre of the United States, chiefly regarded as politically and socially conservative; also, the people living in such states collectively.
    Tags: US, attributive, often, specifically Categories (place): Regions Synonyms: Middle America Translations (states in the centre of the United States, chiefly regarded as politically and socially conservative; people living in such states collectively): Yhdysvaltain sydänmaat [plural] (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-heartland-en-noun-AY9MteNe Disambiguation of Regions: 1 22 24 27 25 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English exocentric compounds Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 26 29 28 15 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 27 21 34 16 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 25 23 30 20 Disambiguation of English exocentric compounds: 5 40 10 37 7 Disambiguation of 'states in the centre of the United States, chiefly regarded as politically and socially conservative; people living in such states collectively': 0 1 1 97 0
  5. Also in the plural form heartlands:
    A region or part of a region particularly associated with or significant for a characteristic, such as an activity, a faith, support for a political party or other organization, etc.
    Categories (place): Regions Translations (region or part of a region particularly associated with or significant for a characteristic): sydänmaa (Finnish), ydinalue (Finnish), Hochburg [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-heartland-en-noun-9BUxOvKZ Disambiguation of Regions: 1 22 24 27 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 26 29 28 15 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 27 21 34 16 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 25 23 30 20 Disambiguation of 'region or part of a region particularly associated with or significant for a characteristic': 0 23 23 23 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: heartlander Translations (interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant): ocaq (Azerbaijani), 心臟地帶 (Chinese Mandarin), 心脏地带 (xīnzàngdìdài) (Chinese Mandarin), centrum (Dutch), kern (Dutch), གཞུང (gzhung) (Dzongkha), rintamaa (Finnish), sydänmaa (Finnish), ydinalue (Finnish), centre [masculine] (French), Kerngebiet [neuter] (German), Kernland [masculine] (German), croíthailte [feminine, masculine, plural] (Irish), сре́дишен дел (srédišen del) [masculine] (Macedonian), manowhenua (Maori), coração [masculine] (Portuguese), corazón [masculine] (Spanish), núcleo [masculine] (Spanish), hjärta [neuter] (Swedish), kärnland [neuter] (Swedish), kärnområde [neuter] (Swedish), осере́ддя (oseréddja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), perfedd [masculine] (Welsh), perfeddwlad [feminine] (Welsh)
Disambiguation of 'interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant': 0 29 29 29 14

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 29 29 29 14",
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      "sense": "interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant",
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      "sense": "interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant",
      "word": "心臟地帶"
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      "word": "心脏地带"
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      "sense": "interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant",
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    {
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      "sense": "interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant",
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    {
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      "roman": "gzhung",
      "sense": "interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant",
      "word": "གཞུང"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 29 29 29 14",
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant",
      "word": "rintamaa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 29 29 29 14",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant",
      "word": "sydänmaa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 29 29 29 14",
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant",
      "word": "ydinalue"
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      "sense": "interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant",
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    },
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      "sense": "interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
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      "sense": "interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant",
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      ],
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    },
    {
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      "sense": "interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "croíthailte"
    },
    {
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      "sense": "interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 29 29 29 14",
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      "sense": "interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant",
      "word": "manowhenua"
    },
    {
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "sense": "interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant",
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    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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    {
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      "sense": "interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hjärta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 29 29 29 14",
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      "sense": "interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kärnland"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 29 29 29 14",
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      "sense": "interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kärnområde"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 29 29 29 14",
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      "sense": "interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "осере́ддя"
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      "tags": [
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    {
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      "sense": "interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "az",
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      "sense": "interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant",
      "word": "ocaq"
    },
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      "sense": "interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant",
      "word": "心臟地帶"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xīnzàngdìdài",
      "sense": "interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant",
      "word": "心脏地带"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant",
      "word": "centrum"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant",
      "word": "kern"
    },
    {
      "code": "dz",
      "lang": "Dzongkha",
      "roman": "gzhung",
      "sense": "interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant",
      "word": "གཞུང"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant",
      "word": "rintamaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant",
      "word": "sydänmaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant",
      "word": "ydinalue"
    },
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      "sense": "interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "centre"
    },
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      "sense": "interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "Kernland"
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      "sense": "interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant",
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      "word": "сре́дишен дел"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant",
      "word": "manowhenua"
    },
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "coração"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "corazón"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "núcleo"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hjärta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kärnland"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kärnområde"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "oseréddja",
      "sense": "interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "осере́ддя"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "perfedd"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "perfeddwlad"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "interior of the world island comprising north-central Eurasia regarded as politically powerful",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Euroopan sydänmaat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "línlǐ shèqū",
      "sense": "(Singapore) residential districts outside the city centre",
      "word": "鄰里社区"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(Singapore) residential districts outside the city centre",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "keskustan ulkopuoliset alueet"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "states in the centre of the United States, chiefly regarded as politically and socially conservative; people living in such states collectively",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Yhdysvaltain sydänmaat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "region or part of a region particularly associated with or significant for a characteristic",
      "word": "sydänmaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "region or part of a region particularly associated with or significant for a characteristic",
      "word": "ydinalue"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "region or part of a region particularly associated with or significant for a characteristic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Hochburg"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Halford John Mackinder",
    "The Geographical Pivot of History"
  ],
  "word": "heartland"
}

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