ancestral homeland
nounUK /ænˈsɛs.trəl ˈhəʊm.lænd/
US /ænˈsɛs.trəl ˈhoʊm.lænd/
The country where your family came from long ago.
My grandmother told me stories about our ancestral homeland in Ireland.
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2. The place where a group of people or a species originally lived.
Scientists studied the ancestral homeland of these ancient birds.
3. A region a family feels deeply connected to through its history.
Even though she was born abroad, she visits her ancestral homeland every summer.
4. The original home of a tradition or cultural practice.
The festival's ancestral homeland is a small village in the mountains.