Motherland
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noun.
One's native land.
noun.
The land of one's ancestors.
noun.
A country considered as the origin of something.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
The land of one's origin; fatherland; the land whence a people originally sprang.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
The country of one's ancestors; -- same as
fatherland
.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
The
country
of one's
ancestors
.
noun.
The country of one's
birth
.
noun.
Country of
origin
.
noun.
Mother country in contrast to its
colonies
.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun.
the country where you were born
Word Usage
"That was my first time in Africa, what I call the motherland, the land from which our people came."
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
dirtside
quartering
wonderworld
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
fatherland
homeland
variant
fatherland