My mother was born in the heartland of America, but my father grew up herding goats in Kenya.
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Heartland
/ˈhɑːtlənd/
Synonyms for "heartland" (57 found)
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12 entriesagricultural heartlandcentral plainscore Eurasiacultural heartlandindustrial heartlandinland beltinterior lowlandspivot regionstrategic hinterlandswing statetraditional strongholdurban core
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6 entriescultural heartlandeconomic heartlandgeographic heartlandheartland regionindustrial heartlandpolitical heartland
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Boumerdes has become Algeria's grapes heartland.
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Naivasha is Kenya's floriculture heartland and workers at Van den Berg Kenya are trimming, packing and refrigerating bundles of roses.
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[R]ound the Pole all three powers lay claim to enormous territories which in fact are largely uninhabited and unexplored: but the balance of power always remains roughly even, and the territory which forms the heartland of each super-state always remains inviolate.
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