motherland

[muhth-er-land]

moth·er·land

[muhth-er-land]
noun
1.
one's native land.
2.
the land of one's ancestors.
3.
a country considered as the origin or source of something.

Origin:
1705–15; mother1 + land
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motherland (ˈmʌðəˌlænd)
 
n
another word for fatherland

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