transcription, транскрипция: [ hɑ:(r)tlænd ]
( heartlands)
1.
Journalists use heartland or heartlands to refer to the area or region where a particular set of activities or beliefs is most significant.
...his six-day bus tour around the industrial heartland of America...
N-COUNT : with supp , oft adj N , N of n
2.
The most central area of a country or continent can be referred to as its heartland or heartlands . ( WRITTEN )
For many, the essence of French living is to be found in the rural heartlands.
N-COUNT : with supp