Motherland

English

Noun

Motherland (uncountable)

1. The country of one's ancestors.
2. The country of one's birth.
3. Country of origin.
4. Mother country in contrast to its colonies.

Synonyms

• fatherland
• homeland

Translations

the country of one's ancestors

Armenian: հայրենիք (hy) (hayrenik’) Czech: vlast (cs) f. Dutch: vaderland (nl) Finnish: isänmaa (fi) Hungarian: őshaza (hu)

Indonesian: tanah leluhur Macedonian: дедовина (mk) (dedóvina) f., татковина (mk) (tatkóvina) f. Malay: tanah air (ms) Polish: ojczyzna f. Russian: родина (ru) (ródina) f., отчизна (ru) (otčízna) f., отечество (ru) (ot'éčestvo) n.

the country of one's birth

Armenian: հայրենիք (hy) (hayrenik’) Czech: vlast (cs) f. Dutch: geboorteland Finnish: synnyinmaa (fi) Hungarian: szülőföld (hu)

Indonesian: tanah kelahiran Macedonian: родина (mk) (ródina) f., татковина (mk) (tatkóvina) f. Polish: ojczyzna f. Russian: родина (ru) (ródina) f.

country of origin

Armenian: հայրենիք (hy) (hayrenik’) Dutch: land van oorsprong Finnish: kotimaa (fi) Indonesian: tanah air

Macedonian: татковина (mk) (tatkóvina) f., родина (mk) (ródina) f. Malay: tanah air (ms) Russian: родина (ru) (ródina) f.

mother country in contrast to its colonies

Dutch: moederland Finnish: emämaa (fi) Hungarian: anyaország (hu)

Macedonian: матична земја (mk) (mátična zémja) f. Russian: родина (ru) (ródina) f.

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Albanian: atdhe, mëmëdhe Bosnian: domovina f., otadžbina f. Croatian: domovina f., otadžbina f. German: Mutterland Greek: Μαμά-Πατρίδα Gujarati: સ્વદેશ (svadeš) Hindi: मातृभूमि (mātrbhūmi), मूलनिवास (mūlnivās), स्वदेश (svadeš) Icelandic: móðurl Italian: madrepatria f.

Latin: mater f., altrix f. Malayalam: മാതൃഭൂമി (maathrubhoomi) Portuguese: [[P�tria-m�e]] Serbian: Cyrillic: домовина f., отаџбина f. Latin: domovina f., otadžbina f. Spanish: Madre Patria