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Heartland   /hˈɑrtlˌænd/   Listen
Heartland

noun
1.
The central region of a country or continent; especially a region that is important to a country or to a culture.





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"Heartland" Quotes from Famous Books



... Kosovo's independence. Serbs in Kosovo complained of mistreatment and Serb nationalist leaders, such as Slobodan MILOSEVIC, exploited those charges to win support among Serbian voters many of whom viewed Kosovo as their cultural heartland. Under MILOSEVIC's leadership, Serbia instituted a new constitution in 1989 that drastically curtailed Kosovo's autonomy. Kosovo Albanian leaders responded in 1991 by organizing a referendum that declared Kosovo ...
— The 2008 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.


Words linked to "Heartland" :   region


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