Urheimat: Meaning and Definition of

Ur•hei•mat

Pronunciation: (oor'hī"mät Ger. &oomacrr'hī"mät), [key]
— n.
  1. the primeval habitation of a people, esp. the prehistoric homeland of the speakers of a protolanguage.
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