motherland

(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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• World Relations and Conditions - motherland: one’s native country or that of one’s ancestors; fatherland

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See words rhyming with "motherland."

Dansk (Danish)
n. - fædreland

Nederlands (Dutch)
moederland, vaderland

Français (French)
n. - mère patrie

Deutsch (German)
n. - Vaterland, Heimatland

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πατρίδα

Italiano (Italian)
madrepatria

Português (Portuguese)
n. - terra natal (f)

Русский (Russian)
отчизна

Español (Spanish)
n. - madre patria

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - hemland

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
祖国

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 祖國

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 모국, 발상지

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 母国, 祖国, 発祥地

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الوطن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מולדת‬

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