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heartland

[ hahrt-land, -luhnd ]

noun

  1. the part of a region considered essential to the viability and survival of the whole, especially a central land area relatively invulnerable to attack and capable of economic and political self-sufficiency.
  2. any central area, as of a state, nation, or continent:

    a vineyard in California's heartland.



heartland

/ ˈɑːˌæԻ /

noun

  1. the central region of a country or continent
  2. the core or most vital area

    the industrial heartland of England

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of heartland1

First recorded in 1900–05; heart + land
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Three other hydrogen hubs in Republican-leaning red states and regions — Texas, Appalachia and a “heartland” hub in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota — are safe, the list shows.

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If Trump continues to inflict pain on constituents in the GOP heartland, more lawmakers might break with him.

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Beijing doesn't seem too worried about looking elsewhere for more chicken, pork and sorghum and – at the same time – it knows it is whacking the US president right in his heartland.

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Southern Lebanon is the heartland of Lebanon's Shia Muslim community, which is the bulk of Hezbollah's support base, and one of the regions of the country where the group has traditionally had a significant presence.

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That slender margin was shored up on Tuesday in special congressional elections in Trump's political heartland of Florida.

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