Definition of "heartland" []

• A central region, especially one that is politically, economically, or militarily vital to a nation, region, or culture. (noun)

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• "I think aides were saying that this issue is clearly important to everyone in this country, and so therefore they felt like no better place for the president to announce it than from what they call the heartland here in Crawford, Texas."
• "It has bought an acre of land in what it calls the heartland of the planned Trump golf resort, and said the development cannot go ahead in its current form without access to it."
• "She sometimes seemed short on specifics and long on folksiness, as she aimed to appeal to what she called the heartland of America."