fatherlandnoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˈfɑː.ðə.lænd/us/ˈfɑː.ðɚ.lænd/also motherlandthe country in which you were born, or the country with which you feel most connected
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Countries, nationalities & continents: country & nation
- Afro
- countrywide
- homegrown
- homeland
- internation
- land
- mother country
- motherland
- nation-state
- national
- nationwide
- offshore
- soil
- South Sudan
- state
- state-controlled
- statehood
- stateless
- subject
- superpower
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Examples from literature
- Does he mean to have a family reunion and drink to the German fatherland?
- In the ranks of our army you would also be able to serve your fatherland.
- It is for the fatherland, Amelia.
- Then they too have died for their fatherland, and will sleep in the temple of fame.
- Two years had been spent here since he had left his fatherland, amid the wild scenes of the Julian Alps.