motherland

Noun

Meaning

The country of one's ancestors; -- same as fatherland.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

fatherland homeland country of origin native land mother country birthplace native soil Ancestral Home home country native country land of origin ancestral homeland kingdom republic country
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Antonyms

abroad overseas foreign country unfamiliar land foreign land faraway land
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Hypernyms

country state land

Hyponyms

old country

Phrases with the word

in the motherland

Anagrams

enthraldom

Examples

The motherland is an altar, not a platform. José Martí

We hear warmongering every day, every day we hear threats and attempts to scare us... We don't want war and never wanted, but at that time [i. e. during Nagorno-Karabakh war] we had to defend our Motherland. If the time comes again, this time our blow will be final and deadly. Serzh Sargsyan

Perfidy and brutal force thwarted opportunities for calling President Wilson's Arbitral Award to life. Nevertheless, its significance is not to be underestimated: through that decision the aspiration of the Armenian people for the lost Motherland had obtained vital and legal force. Serzh Sargsyan

Tibet is a beautiful and richly endowed region of our great motherland. Hu Jintao

We shall fight to the last to free our Motherland. Ziaur Rahman

In other words, Islam can never allow a true Muslim to adopt India as his motherland and regard a Hindu as his kith and kin. That is probably the reason why Maulana Mahomed Ali, a great Indian but a true Muslim, preferred to be buried in Jerusalem rather than in India. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

Close letter words and terms

motherist motherkin motherkins motherless motherlessness motherlike