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motherland

[ muhth -er-land ]

/ ˈmʌð ərˌlænd /

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noun

one's native land.

the land of one's ancestors.

a country considered as the origin or source of something.

Origin of motherland

First recorded in 1705–15; mother¹ + land

Words nearby motherland

motherese, motherfucker, motherhood, mothering, mothering sunday, motherland, motherless, motherly, motherwell, motherwell and wishaw, motherwort

Example sentences from the Web for motherland

In the event, it only got a scene in the music video for “Putin Will Teach You To Love the Motherland.”

Putin’s Police Arrest Pussy Riot Again In Court Crackdown |Michael Weiss |February 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The activists had arrived in Sochi with the aim of performing a new song called “Putin will teach you how to love the motherland.”

Pussy Riot Whips Sochi |Anna Nemtsova |February 21, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
And added a sad smile: “ But Putin will teach them how to love the motherland.”

Pussy Riot Whips Sochi |Anna Nemtsova |February 21, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Showalter commends but is under no illusions about the ordinary Russian defending his Motherland.

WWII’s Greatest Battle: How Kursk Changed the War |Andrew Roberts |August 31, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

It also tells the story of my mother, a mirror image of my motherland.

How I Write: Elena Gorokhova |Noah Charney |August 2, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
In the language of Islam, umma is the world community of Moslems, while wattan is the Motherland.

The Civilization of Illiteracy |Mihai Nadin
Would you make it a reproach to the Roman Fabii that 299 of that house perished in fighting for their dear motherland?

The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. II (2 vols) |Thomas De Quincey
El Caudillo has shown how the Motherland can frustrate the war mongers.

The Five Arrows |Allan Chase
As for England, the motherland is fighting to recover her sense of security.

The Art of Public Speaking |Dale Carnagey (AKA Dale Carnegie) and J. Berg Esenwein
Evidently the Yankee Commonwealth considered itself, in an especial degree, the motherland of the new state.

The Middle Period 1817-1858 |John William Burgess

British Dictionary definitions for motherland

motherland

/ (ˈmʌðəˌlænd) /

noun

another word for fatherland