motherland

English

Etymology

mother +‎ land

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmʌðɚˌlænd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmʌð.ə.lænd/

Noun

motherland (plural motherlands)

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

• Albanian: mëmëdhe (sq)
• Arabic: وَطَن‎ (ar) m (waṭan)
• Armenian: հայրենիք (hy) (hayrenikʿ)
• Azerbaijani: vətən (az)
• Belarusian: радзі́ма (be) f (radzíma), айчы́на f (ajčýna), ба́цькаўшчына f (bácʹkaŭščyna)
• Bulgarian: ро́дина (bg) f (ródina)
• 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
• Dolgan: төрөөбүт һир (törööbüt hir)
• Dutch: vaderland (nl) n
• 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)

• Hungarian: őshaza (hu)
• Indonesian: tanah leluhur
• Irish: tír dhúchais f

• Italian: madrepatria (it) f
• Japanese: 母国 (ja) (ぼこく, bokoku), 祖国 (ja) (そこく, sokoku)
• Korean: 모국 (ko) (moguk)
• 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)
• Maori: whenua matua
• Persian: وطن‎ (fa) (vatan)
• Polish: macierz (pl) f, ojczyzna (pl) f, ojcowizna (pl) f
• Portuguese: país de origem m
• Russian: ро́дина (ru) f (ródina), отчи́зна (ru) f (otčízna), оте́чество (ru) n (otéčestvo)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: отаџбина f, домовина f

  Roman: otadžbina (sh) f, domovina (sh) f

• Slovak: vlasť f, domovina f
• Slovene: domovina (sl) f
• Spanish: patria (es) f
• Swedish: fädernesland (sv) n
• Tagalog: inang-bayan
• Tajik: ватан (tg) (vatan)
• Turkish: memleket (tr)
• Ukrainian: ба́тьківщина (uk) f (bátʹkivščyna), вітчи́зна (uk) f (vitčýzna)
• Vietnamese: quê hương (vi)
• Yiddish: מוטערלאַנד‎ n (muterland)

the country of one's birth

• Armenian: հայրենիք (hy) (hayrenikʿ)
• Czech: vlast (cs) f
• Danish: fædreland n, fødeland n
• Dutch: geboorteland (nl) n
• Faroese: móðurland n
• Finnish: synnyinmaa (fi)
• Greek: πατρίδα (el) f (patrída)

  Ancient: πατρίς f (patrís)

• Hungarian: szülőföld (hu)
• Indonesian: tanah kelahiran

• Japanese: 母国 (ja) (ぼこく, bokoku), 本国 (ほんごく, hongoku)
• Latin: patria (la) f
• Latvian: dzimtene f
• Macedonian: родина f (rodina), татковина f (tatkovina)
• Maori: whenua matua
• Polish: macierz (pl) f, ojczyzna (pl) f
• Portuguese: pátria (pt) f, pátria-mãe f
• Russian: ро́дина (ru) f (ródina)
• Swedish: fosterland (sv) n
• Tagalog: inang-bayan
• Yiddish: מוטערלאַנד‎ n (muterland)

country of origin

• Armenian: հայրենիք (hy) (hayrenikʿ)
• Danish: fædreland n, hjemland (da) n
• Dutch: land van oorsprong n
• Faroese: móðurland n
• Finnish: kotimaa (fi)
• Indonesian: tanah air
• Japanese: 故国 (ここく, kokoku)
• Kapampangan: indung balen, indung gabun
• Latvian: dzimtene f

• Macedonian: татковина f (tatkovina), родина f (rodina)
• Malay: tanah air (ms)
• Maori: whenua tupu
• Polish: macierz (pl) f, ojczyzna (pl) f
• Portuguese: país de origem m
• Russian: ро́дина (ru) f (ródina)
• Swedish: moderland (sv) n, fosterland (sv) n
• Tagalog: inang-bayan
• Yiddish: מוטערלאַנד‎ n (muterland)

mother country in contrast to its colonies

• Danish: moderland n
• Dutch: moederland (nl)
• Faroese: móðurland n
• Finnish: emämaa (fi)
• German: Mutterland (de) n
• Hungarian: anyaország (hu)
• Macedonian: матична земја f (matična zemja)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: moderland n

  Nynorsk: moderland n

• Portuguese: metrópole (pt) f
• Russian: ро́дина (ru) f (ródina)
• Swedish: moderland (sv) n
• Turkish: ana yurt (tr), ana vatan (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Albanian: ^{(please verify)} atdhe (sq), ^{(please verify)} mëmëdhe (sq)
• German: ^{(please verify)} Mutterland (de)
• Gujarati: ^{(please verify)} સ્વદેશ (svadeś)
• Hindi: ^{(please verify)} मातृभूमि (hi) (mātŕbhūmi), ^{(please verify)} मूलनिवास (mūlnivās), ^{(please verify)} स्वदेश (hi) (svadeś)
• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} móðurl
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} madrepatria (it) f

• Latin: ^{(please verify)} mater (la) f, ^{(please verify)} altrix f
• Malayalam: ^{(please verify)} മാതൃഭൂമി (ml) (mātṛbhūmi)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ^{(please verify)} домовина f, ^{(please verify)} отаџбина f

  Roman: ^{(please verify)} domovina (sh) f, ^{(please verify)} otadžbina (sh) f

• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} Madre Patria

Anagrams

• enthraldom