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

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke