What is another word for native country?

Pronunciation: [nˈe͡ɪtɪv kˈʌntɹi] (IPA)

There are many synonyms for the term "native country." Some may prefer to use "homeland" to describe their place of birth or origin. Others might use "motherland" to express a deep connection and sense of loyalty to their country of birth. Some may opt for "fatherland" as a synonym, particularly if they associate their birthplace with strength and patriotism. "Ancestral land" is another alternative, conveying a sense of inherited ties to a particular place. "Birthplace" is a more straightforward synonym, emphasizing the location where one was born. All of these synonyms offer different options for describing one's connection to their country of origin.

What are the hypernyms for Native country?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with Native country

  • The proper means of increasing the love we bear our native country is to reside some time in a foreign one.
    William Shenstone
  • But one day, when I was still young, I was parted from my family and left my native country. I hunted and searched for music, and destiny turned me into the object of my hunt. The circumstances of life became my 'antlers' and prevented me from returning home.
    Georg Solti
  • Know most of the rooms of thy native country before thou goest over the threshold thereof.
    Thomas Fuller
  • Soon after this the blacks who brought me on board went off, and left me abandoned to despair. I now saw myself deprived of all chance of returning to my native country, or even the least glimpse of hope of gaining the shore, which I now considered as friendly; and I even wished for my former slavery in preference to my present situation, which was filled with horrors of every kind, still heightened by my ignorance of what I was to undergo. I was not long suffered to indulge my grief; I was soon put down under the decks, and there I received such a salutation in my nostrils as I had never experienced in my life: so that, with the loathsomeness of the stench, and crying together, I became so sick and low that I was not able to eat, nor had I the least desire to taste any thing. I now wished for the last friend, death, to relieve me; but soon, to my grief, two of the white men offered me eatables; and, on my refusing to eat, one of them held me fast by the hands, and laid me across I think the windlass, and tied my feet, while the other flogged me severely. I had never experienced any thing of this kind before; and although, not being used to the water, I naturally feared that element the first time I saw it, yet nevertheless, could I have got over the nettings, I would have jumped over the side, but I could not; and, besides, the crew used to watch us very closely who were not chained down to the decks, lest we should leap into the water: and I have seen some of these poor African prisoners most severely cut for attempting to do so, and hourly whipped for not eating. This indeed was often the case with myself.
    Olaudah Equiano
  • This is "a round unvarnished tale" of the chequered adventures of an African who early in life was torn from his native country by those savage dealers in a traffic disgraceful to humanity and which has fixed a stain on the legislature of Britain, which nothing but its abolition can remove. With what propriety can we boast of our humanity and love of justice whilst we continue a commerce inconsistent with either? [...] The narrative appears to be written with much truth and simplicity. The author's account of the manners of the natives of his own province () is interesting and pleasing; and the reader, unless perchance he is either a West-India planter or Liverpool merchant, will find his humanity severely wounded by the shameless barbarity practised towards the author's hapless countrymen in our colonies.
    Olaudah Equiano

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