heartland
pronunciation
How to pronounce heartland in British English:
UK [ˈhɑ:tlænd]
How to pronounce heartland in American English:
US [ˈhɑrtlænd]
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- Noun:
- the central region of a country or continent; especially a region that is important to a country or to a culture
Word Origin
- heartland (n.)
- also heart-land, 1904, first recorded in geo-political writings of English geographer H.J. MacKinder (1861-1947), from heart (n.) in figurative sense "center, core" + land (n.).
Example
- 1. Even the attack on pearl harbour was remote from the country 's heartland .
- 2. Wuhan wants to become a manufacturing and transportation hub for the heartland - china 's version of chicago .
- 3. In the rugby heartland of southwest france , the terrain is rugged and the weather fickle .
- 4. Libya 's rebellion is fiercest in the nafusa mountains , a berber heartland long neglected by the government .
- 5. Because whoever controls the tibetan plateau has an incredible strategic advantage over the whole heartland of china .