{
    "term": "homeland",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the country where a person was born",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Many refugees have been forced to flee their homeland."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He longs to return to his homeland."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He wants his children to grow up in his adopted homeland."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is the role of the army to protect the homeland."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They hope to remain in their homeland."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were devastated that they had to leave their beloved homeland."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the struggle to defend their ancient homeland"
                },
                {
                    "text": "After the war they wished to return to their traditional homelands."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["beloved", "ancestral", "ancient"],
                "verb + homeland": ["defend", "protect", "secure"],
                "homeland + noun": ["defence/​defense", "security"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​somebody’s homeland"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "(in the Republic of South Africa under the apartheid system in the past) one of the areas with some self-government that were intended for a group of black African people to live in",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the Transkei homeland"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈhəʊmlænd/",
                "audio": "ho/homeland/homeland__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈhəʊmlænd/",
                "audio": "ho/homeland/homeland__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}