heartland
Also in the plural form
Other meanings
The interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant.
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.
Related words
- heartlander
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