English [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
mother + land
Pronunciation [ edit ]
motherland (plural motherlands )
The country of one's ancestors .
The country of one's birth .
Country of origin .
Mother country in contrast to its colonies .
Synonyms [ edit ]
Derived terms [ edit ]
Translations [ edit ]
the country of one's ancestors
Albanian: mëmëdhe (sq) f
Arabic: وَطَن (ar) m ( waṭan )
Armenian: հայրենիք (hy) ( hayrenikʿ )
Azerbaijani: vətən (az)
Bashkir: ватан ( vatan )
Belarusian: радзі́ма (be) f ( radzíma ) , айчы́на f ( ajčýna ) , ба́цькаўшчына f ( bácʹkaŭščyna )
Bengali: ওয়াতন (bn) ( ẇatôn )
Bulgarian: роди́на (bg) f ( rodína ) , оте́чество (bg) n ( otéčestvo )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 祖國 (zh) , 祖国 (zh) ( zǔguó ) , 故國 (zh) , 故国 (zh) ( gùguó )
Czech: vlast (cs) f , domovina f
Danish: hjemland (da) n , moderland n
Dolgan: төрөөбүт һир ( törööbüt hir )
Dutch: vaderland (nl) n
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Estonian: kodumaa (et)
Faroese: móðurland n
Finnish: isänmaa (fi)
French: patrie (fr) f
Galician: patria (gl) f
Georgian: სამშობლო (ka) ( samšoblo )
German: Vaterland (de) n
Greek: πατρίδα (el) f ( patrída )
Ancient: πατρίς f ( patrís )
Hindi: स्वदेश (hi) m ( svadeś ) , वतन (hi) m ( vatan )
Hungarian: őshaza (hu) , haza (hu)
Indonesian: tanah leluhur
Irish: tír dhúchais f
Italian: madrepatria (it) f , patria (it) f
Japanese: 母国 (ja) ( ぼこく, bokoku ) , 祖国 (ja) ( そこく, sokoku )
Kazakh: отан ( otan ) , атамекен ( atameken )
Khmer: មាតុភូមិ ( miətophuum ) , មាតុប្រទេស ( miətoprɑɑteih )
Korean: 모국(母國) (ko) ( moguk ) , 조국(祖國) (ko) ( joguk )
Kyrgyz: ата мекен ( ata meken )
Lao: ມາຕຸພູມ (lo) ( mā tu phūm ) , ບ້ານເມືອງ ( bān mư̄ang )
Latin: patria (la) f
Latvian: tēvija f , tēvzeme f , dzimtene f
Lithuanian: tėvynė (lt) f
Macedonian: дедовина f ( dedovina ) , татковина f ( tatkovina ) , родина f ( rodina )
Malay: tanah air (ms)
Malayalam: മാതൃഭൂമി (ml) ( mātr̥bhūmi )
Maori: whenua matua
Norwegian:
Bokmål: moderland n , hjemland n
Pashto: وطن (ps) m ( watan )
Persian: وطن (fa) ( vatan ) , میهن (fa) ( mihan )
Polish: macierz (pl) f , ojczyzna (pl) f , ojcowizna (pl) f
Portuguese: país de origem m
Romanian: patrie (ro) f
Russian: ро́дина (ru) f ( ródina ) , отчи́зна (ru) f ( otčízna ) , оте́чество (ru) n ( otéčestvo )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: о̀таџбина f , до̀мовина f
Roman: òtadžbina (sh) f , dòmovina (sh) f
Silesian: hajmat m
Slovak: vlasť f , domovina f
Slovene: domovina (sl) f
Spanish: patria (es) f
Swedish: fädernesland (sv) n , fosterland (sv) n , hemland (sv) n
Tagalog: inang-bayan , inang bayan
Tajik: ватан (tg) ( vatan ) , меҳан (tg) ( mehan )
Tatar: ватан (tt) ( watan )
Thai: มาตุภูมิ ( maa-dtù-puum ) , บ้านเมือง (th) ( bâan-mʉʉang )
Turkish: memleket (tr)
Turkmen: watan
Ukrainian: ба́тьківщина (uk) f ( bátʹkivščyna ) , вітчи́зна (uk) f ( vitčýzna )
Urdu: وطن m ( vatan )
Uyghur: ۋەتەن ( weten )
Uzbek: vatan (uz)
Vietnamese: quê hương (vi)
Yiddish: מוטערלאַנד n ( muterland )
the country of one's birth
mother country in contrast to its colonies
Translations to be checked
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