homeland
/ˈhəʊmlænd/noun
1- a person's or a people's native land家乡, 祖国：
he left his homeland to settle in London.
他离开了祖国, 定居在伦敦。
1.1
- an autonomous or semi-autonomous state occupied by a particular people自治（或半自治）国家：
their political aim is a separate Tamil homeland.
他们的政治目标是建立一个独立的泰米尔自治国。
1.2
- historical any of ten partially self-governing areas in South Africa designated for particular indigenous African peoples under the former policy of separate development〈史〉（在前隔离发展政策下指定的）南非本土非洲人十个部分自治区之一。