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) Faroese: móðurland (fo) n. Finnish: isänmaa (fi) Hungarian: őshaza (hu) Indonesian: tanah leluhur

Japanese: 母土地 (ははとち, haha-tochi): lit. motherland 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. Swedish: fädernesland (sv) n.

the country of one's birth

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

Indonesian: tanah kelahiran Japanese: 母土地 (ははとち, haha-tochi): lit. motherland Macedonian: родина (mk) (ródina) f., татковина (mk) (tatkóvina) f. Polish: ojczyzna f. Russian: родина (ru) (ródina) f. Swedish: fosterland (sv) n.

country of origin

Armenian: հայրենիք (hy) (hayrenik’) Dutch: land van oorsprong Faroese: móðurland (fo) n. Finnish: kotimaa (fi) Indonesian: tanah air

Japanese: 母土地 (ははとち, haha-tochi): lit. motherland Macedonian: татковина (mk) (tatkóvina) f., родина (mk) (ródina) f. Malay: tanah air (ms) Russian: родина (ru) (ródina) f. Swedish: moderland (sv) n.

mother country in contrast to its colonies

Dutch: moederland Faroese: móðurland (fo) n. Finnish: emämaa (fi) Hungarian: anyaország (hu)

Japanese: 母土地 (ははとち, haha-tochi): lit. motherland Macedonian: матична земја (mk) (mátična zémja) f. Russian: родина (ru) (ródina) f. Swedish: moderland (sv) n.

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Albanian: atdhe, mëmëdhe Serbo-Croatian: domovina f., otadžbina f. Serbo-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]] Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: домовина f., отаџбина f. Latin: domovina f., otadžbina f. Spanish: Madre Patria