Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fatherland"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Motherland \Moth"er*land`\, n.
The country of one's ancestors; -- same as {fatherland}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fatherland \Fa"ther*land"\, n. [Imitated fr. D. vaderland. See
{Father}, and {Land}.]
One's native land; the native land of one's fathers or
ancestors.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
fatherland
n : the country where you were born [syn: {homeland}, {motherland},
{mother country}, {country of origin}, {native land}]
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