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Dictionary: heart·land   (härt'lănd') pronunciation
 
n.

A central region, especially one that is politically, economically, or militarily vital to a nation, region, or culture.


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A term suggested by H. Mackinder (1904) to indicate the wealthy interior of Eurasia. Mackinder maintained that whoever controlled the heartland would eventually control the world as political units became larger and larger. He did not live to see the rise of nationalism in the late twentieth century.

 
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the central region of a country or continent


 
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - central del af et område

Nederlands (Dutch)
bakermat

Français (French)
n. - c¯ur (industriel, rural), (Pol) fief, centre (d'une région, d'un pays)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Landesinnere

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (γεωγρ.) ζωτική ενδοχώρα

Italiano (Italian)
zona centrale

Português (Portuguese)
n. - centro (m) de uma região, pátria (f)

Русский (Russian)
центральная область

Español (Spanish)
n. - corazón, zona central

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - den centrala delen, (själva) hjärtat

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
心脏地区, 中心地带

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 心臟地區, 中心地帶

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 심장지역, 핵심부

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 中核地域

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) منطقه مركزيه من الأرض في الجغرافيا السياسيه تستطيع أن تكتفي بنفسها في شؤون الإنتاج, والدفاع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮לב האיזור, המקום החשוב ביותר באיזור‬


 
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