native heath

English

Noun

native heath (countable and uncountable, plural native heaths)

1. The place of one's birth or childhood. or by extension, place of origin.
   • 1958 July, J. P. Wilson, “Scottish Soliloquy”, in Railway Magazine, page 495:

     But in the intervening period other classes of locomotives have been built for work in Scotland, or have been transferred from their native heath, and in each case have come to be regarded as part of the Scottish scene.

References

• “one's native heath”, in Collins English Dictionary.