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moth·er·land

 (mŭth′ər-lănd′)
n.
1. One's native land.
2. The land of one's ancestors.
3. A country considered as the origin of something.
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motherland

(ˈmʌðəˌlænd)
n
1. (Anthropology & Ethnology) another word for fatherland
2. another word for fatherland
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moth•er•land

(ˈmʌð ərˌlænd)

n.
mother country.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.motherland - the country where you were born
country of origin, fatherland, homeland, mother country, native land
country, land, state - the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries"
old country - the country of origin of an immigrant
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motherland

noun native land, homeland, fatherland, country of origin, mother country Central to our belief is a love for the motherland.
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Translations
مَسْقِط الرِّأس، الوَطَن الأُم
vlast
anyaországőshazaszülőföld
ættjörî; föîurland
vlasť

motherland

[ˈmʌðəlænd] N → patria f; (more sentimentally) → madre patria f
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motherland

[ˈmʌðəˌlænd] mother country n → madrepatria, patria
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mother

(ˈmaðə) noun
1. a female parent, especially human. John's mother lives in Manchester; (also adjective) The mother bird feeds her young.
2. (often with capital. also Mother Superior) the female leader of a group of nuns.
verb
to care for as a mother does; to protect (sometimes too much). His wife tries to mother him.
ˈmotherhood noun
the state of being a mother.
ˈmotherless adjective
having no mother. The children were left motherless by the accident.
ˈmotherly adjective
like a mother; of, or suitable to, a mother. a motherly woman; motherly love.
ˈmotherliness noun
ˈmother-country, ˈmotherland (-land) nouns
the country where one was born.
ˈmother-in-law – plural ˈmothers-in-law – noun
the mother of one's husband or wife.
ˌmother-of-ˈpearl noun, adjective
(of) the shining, hard, smooth substance on the inside of certain shells.
ˈmother-tongue noun
a person's native language. My mother-tongue is Hindi.
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