fatherland

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

fatherland
    n 1: the country where you were born [syn: {fatherland},
         {homeland}, {motherland}, {mother country}, {country of
         origin}, {native land}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Motherland \Moth"er*land`\, n.
   The country of one's ancestors; -- same as {fatherland}.
   [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Fatherland \Fa"ther*land"\, n. [Imitated fr. D. vaderland. See
   {Father}, and {Land}.]
   One's native land; the native land of one's fathers or
   ancestors.
   [1913 Webster]

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