Définitions
1.NounSynonym of heart (“the seat of the affections or love”).
2.NounAlso in the plural form heartlands:
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."The home counties are the Conservative heartland.; We stayed in the heartland of the French wine-growing regions."
3.NounThe interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant.
4.NounIn 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.
5.NounResidential districts and planning areas outside the city centre; the new towns of Singapore collectively.
6.NounThe states in the centre of the United States, chiefly regarded as politically and socially conservative; also, the people living in such states collectively.
7.NounA region or part of a region particularly associated with or significant for a characteristic, such as an activity, a faith, support for a political party or other organization, etc."The home counties are the Conservative heartland.; We stayed in the heartland of the French wine-growing regions."