heartland
English
A map of the world heartland from Halford John Mackinder's The Geographical Pivot of History
Etymology
From heart + land.
Noun
heartland (plural heartlands)
- The central part of a region defined by geographical or non-geographical criteria, such as support for a political party, faith or similar.
- We stayed in the heartland of the French wine-growing regions.
- The home counties are the Conservative heartland.
- The part of a region considered essential to the viability and survival of the whole.
Coordinate terms
- rimland
Derived terms
- heartland theory
Translations
central part of a region
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