Wiktionary:Word of the day/2023/August 9

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Word of the day
for August 9
heartland n
  1. Synonym of heart (the seat of the affections or love)
  2. Also in the plural form heartlands:
    1. The interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant.
      1. (specifically) In the geopolitical theory of the English geographer Halford John Mackinder (1861–1947): the interior of the world island comprising north-central Eurasia regarded as politically powerful.
      2. (specifically, Singapore, chiefly in the plural) Residential districts and planning areas outside the city centre; the new towns of Singapore collectively.
      3. (specifically, US, often attributively) The states in the centre of the United States, chiefly regarded as politically and socially conservative; also, the people living in such states collectively.
    2. A region or part of a region particularly associated with or significant for a characteristic, such as an activity, a faith, support for a political party or other organization, etc.

Today is Singapore’s National Day, which commemorates the nation’s independence in 1965.

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