1.
[syn: fatherland, homeland, motherland, mother country, country of origin, native land]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Motherland \Moth"er*land`\, n.
The country of one's ancestors; -- same as fatherland.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
fatherland
n 1: the country where you were born [syn: fatherland,
homeland, motherland, mother country, country of
origin, native land]