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heartland definition

heart·land (härtland′)

noun

a geographically central area having crucial economic, political, or strategic importance

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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

heartland Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • capitalism: The heartlands of industrial capitalism have, of course, many differences with Indonesia.

Possessives

  • nation: An inland chunk first stop the nation's heartland usually were on.

Adjective modifier

  • imperialist: I think you are right about ' left ' advisers in the imperialist heartlands telling anti-imperialists how to conduct their struggles.

Modifies a noun

  • seat: Labor voters are less likely to turn out than Tories, and the lowest turnout of all is expected in the Labor heartland seats.

Noun used with modifier

  • manufacturing: The manufacturing heartlands might well have done better in the eurozone than in the pound zone over the past few years.
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heartland quotes

You can't figure him out like a fact, because to Reagan themainfact was avision† He came fromtheheartland of the country, where people could be down-to-earth yet feel that the sky is the limitönot ashamed of, or cynical about, the American dream.

-Shultz, George P(ratt)

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