patrujo

Esperanto

Etymology

From patro (“father”) +‎ -ujo (“place”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈtrujo/

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• Rhymes: -ujo
• Syllabification: pa‧tru‧jo
• Hyphenation: patr‧ujo

Noun

patrujo (accusative singular patrujon, plural patrujoj, accusative plural patrujojn)

1. fatherland

   Synonym: patrio

   • 1918, Antoni Grabowski, chapter 1, in Antoni Grabowski, transl., Sinjoro Tadeo aǔ lasta armita posedopreno en Litvo: (pola epopeo "Pan Tadeusz")‎^[1] (overall work in Esperanto), page 5:

     Litvo! Patrujo mia! simila al sano; […]

     Lithuania! My fatherland! you are like health; […]