In 1862, Congress had passed the Homestead Act.
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Homestead
//ˈhoʊmˌstɛd//
Synonyms for "homestead" (83 found)
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9 entriesTranslations
61 translations across 27 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- сядзі́ба noun (place that is one's home)
Bulgarian
2 entries- ферма noun (house together with surrounding land and buildings)
- чифлик noun (house together with surrounding land and buildings)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 宅地 noun (house together with surrounding land and buildings)
- 家園 /家园 noun (place that is one's home)
- 家宅 noun (house together with surrounding land and buildings)
Danish
1 entries- hjemsted noun (place that is one's home)
Faroese
1 entries- heimstaður noun (place that is one's home)
Finnish
4 entries- kotipaikka noun (place that is one's home)
- kotitalo noun (place that is one's home)
- kotitila noun (house together with surrounding land and buildings)
- maatila noun (house together with surrounding land and buildings)
French
3 entries- demeure noun (place that is one's home)
- foyer noun (place that is one's home)
- propriété noun (place that is one's home)
Galician
4 entries- casal noun (house together with surrounding land and buildings)
- casarío noun (house together with surrounding land and buildings)
- eido noun (house together with surrounding land and buildings)
- eirado noun (house together with surrounding land and buildings)
Georgian
2 entries- კარ-მიდამო noun (house together with surrounding land and buildings)
- კარ-მიდამო noun (place that is one's home)
German
4 entries- Anwesen noun (house together with surrounding land and buildings)
- Eigenheim noun (house together with surrounding land and buildings)
- Gehöft noun (house together with surrounding land and buildings)
- Heimstätte noun (house together with surrounding land and buildings)
Greek
1 entries- υποστατικό noun (house together with surrounding land and buildings)
Hungarian
1 entries- tanya noun (place that is one's home)
Irish
1 entries- aicíocht noun (place that is one's home)
Italian
4 entries- abitazione isolata noun (house together with surrounding land and buildings)
- casa isolata noun (house together with surrounding land and buildings)
- casolare noun (place that is one's home)
- luogo natio noun (place that is one's home)
Kikuyu
1 entries- mũciĩ noun (house together with surrounding land and buildings)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- hjemsted noun (place that is one's home)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- heimstad noun (place that is one's home)
Old English
1 entries- tūn noun (house together with surrounding land and buildings)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- Heimstäd noun (house together with surrounding land and buildings)
- Heimstäd noun (place that is one's home)
Polish
2 entries- dom noun (place that is one's home)
- gospodarstwo noun (house together with surrounding land and buildings)
Russian
1 entries- уса́дьба noun (place that is one's home)
Sanskrit
2 entries- ओकस् noun (house together with surrounding land and buildings)
- ओकस् noun (place that is one's home)
Sicilian
3 entries- casali noun (house together with surrounding land and buildings)
- casina noun (house together with surrounding land and buildings)
- massarìa noun (house together with surrounding land and buildings)
Spanish
3 entries- casal noun (house together with surrounding land and buildings)
- caserío noun (house together with surrounding land and buildings)
- hacienda noun (place that is one's home)
Swedish
2 entries- gård noun (house together with surrounding land and buildings)
- hemman noun (house together with surrounding land and buildings)
Ukrainian
1 entries- сади́ба noun (place that is one's home)
Welsh
1 entries- tyddyn noun (place that is one's home)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
Mary was the matriarch of the family who lived on the homestead for five generations.
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Paradise resident Lori Hornback walked through one of the empty lots, with only a gray concrete slab left of what was once her family homestead. As she looked at the brown dirt and empty space around her and remembered what used to be here, her heart broke.
Source: tatoeba (8356447)
Yanni was forced to abandon his homestead.
Source: tatoeba (8803408)
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