'heartland' definitions:
Definition of 'heartland'
From: WordNet
noun
The central region of a country or continent; especially a region that is important to a country or to a culture
Synonyms of 'heartland'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- airspace,
- area,
- belt,
- confines,
- continental shelf,
- corridor,
- country,
- department,
- district,
- division,
- environs,
- ground,
- hinterland,
- inland,
- inlands,
- interior,
- land,
- midland,
- midlands,
- milieu,
- neighborhood,
- offshore rights,
- part,
- parts,
- place,
- precincts,
- premises,
- purlieus,
- quarter,
- region,
- salient,
- section,
- soil,
- space,
- terrain,
- territory,
- three-mile limit,
- twelve-mile limit,
- up-country,
- vicinage,
- vicinity,
- zone