Fatherland

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  • noun. One's native land.
  • noun. The land of one's ancestors.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One's native country, or the land or country of one's fathers or ancestors.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One's native land; the native land of one's fathers or ancestors.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The country of one's ancestors.
  • noun. The country of one's birth, origin.
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  • noun. the country where you were born
    • Word Usage
    "Hitler used the term fatherland to drum up support, nationalistic support, for his growing war machine."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    country  land  state  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    old country  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    homeland  kingship  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    homeland  motherland  sireland  
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