What is another word for motherland?

Pronunciation: [mˈʌðələnd] (IPA)

Motherland is a term used to refer to one's country or homeland. There are various synonyms that can be used instead of motherland. One of the most commonly used synonyms is "fatherland" which refers to the same concept but uses a masculine gendered term. Another synonym is "homeland" which is used to refer to the place where someone was born or where they feel they belong. "Native land" is also a synonym for motherland which refers to the land where someone or their ancestors are originally from. Other synonyms include "mother country", "native soil", and "patria". All these words can be used interchangeably to refer to the country or place one calls home.

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Usage examples for Motherland

She was brave; working for Baby Paul was of small moment; even the loss of the gallant soldier lad who had poured his stream of life for the motherland was not for the moment the paramount source of her distress.
"A Top-Floor Idyl"
George van Schaick
The poor child had so hoped for news, for some details as to the manner in which her own Paul had been sacrificed to his motherland, and this visit made her very sad.
"A Top-Floor Idyl"
George van Schaick
The prodigious growth of the English-speaking people had not as yet fully commenced either in the motherland, the United States, or in the small and struggling settlements of Canada and Australia.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose

Famous quotes with Motherland

  • Tibet is a beautiful and richly endowed region of our great motherland.
    Jinato Hu
  • I made it to protect the motherland.
    Mikhail Kalashnikov
  • As we grew to love South Australia, we felt that we were in an expanding society, still feeling the bond to the motherland, but eager to develop a perfect society, in the land of our adoption.
    Catherine Helen Spence
  • My first day in Chicago, September 4, 1983. I set foot in this city, and just walking down the street, it was like roots, like the motherland. I knew I belonged here.
    Oprah Winfrey
  • India was the motherland of our race, and Sanskrit the mother of Europe's languages: she was the mother of our philosophy; mother, through the Arabs, of much of our mathematics; mother, through the Buddha, of the ideals embodied in Christianity; mother, through the village community, of self-government and democracy. Mother India is in many ways the mother of us all.
    Will Durant

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