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heartland

[hahrt-land, -luhnd] / ˈhɑrtˌlænd, -lənd /
ADJECTIVE
back country
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KwaZulu-Natal is the heartland of the country's dairy industry.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

It's a project long pushed for by Canada's oil heartland but one which faces significant hurdles.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

In a college sports landscape lorded over by billionaires, none other than John Mellencamp—the 74-year-old heartland rocker—has played no small part in Indiana’s rise from laughingstock to the No. 1 team in the country.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

The community is otherwise mostly present across their coastal heartland in Latakia and Tartus provinces.

From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025

The war between Kaan and Mutal lasted more than a century and consumed much of the Maya heartland.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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