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heartland

 noun
     
Related topics: Politics, Geography
heart‧land [countable]
1

the heartland

SG the central part of a country or area of land
2SGPP the most important part of a country or area for a particular activity, or the part where a political group has most support:
the Democratic heartlands of the Deep South
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