Associations to the word «Heartland»

Wiktionary

HEARTLAND, noun. The central part of a region defined by geographical or non-geographical criteria.
HEARTLAND, noun. The part of a region considered essential to the viability and survival of the whole.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats