heartland

English

Etymology

heart +‎ land

Noun

heartland (plural heartlands)

The central part of a region defined by geographical or non-geographical criteria.
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.

Translations

Translations

Dutch: centrum (nl), kern (nl)
Finnish: sydänmaa (fi), rintamaa, ydinalue (fi)
French: centre (fr) m
Maori: manowhenua

Portuguese: coração (pt) m
Spanish: núcleo (es) m, corazón (es) m
Swedish: hjärta (sv) n, kärnland n, kärnområde n

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