native land

Noun

Meaning

the country where you were born

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

fatherland homeland motherland country of origin mother country country home land birthplace cradle Old World old country hometown place of birth terra firma
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Antonyms

abroad overseas outland foreign country unfamiliar land foreign land
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Hypernyms

country state land

Hyponyms

old country

Examples

The fact is that my native land is a prey to barbarism, that in it men's only God is their belly, that they live only for the present, and that the richer a man is the holier he is held to be. Jerome

To a wise man, the whole earth is open; for the native land of a good soul is the whole earth. Democritus

So many of my thoughts and feelings are shared by the English that England has turned into a second native land of the mind for me. Alexis de Tocqueville

The individual whose vision encompasses the whole world often feels nowhere so hedged in and out of touch with his surroundings as in his native land. Emma Goldman

What captivity has been to the Jews, exile has been to the Irish. For us, the romance of our native land begins only after we have left home; it is really only with other people that we become Irishmen. Peter Ackroyd

Our native land attracts us with some mysterious charm, never to be forgotten. Latin Proverb

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