noun
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Meanings
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noun
The country where you were born or where your family comes from.
After years abroad, she finally returned to her motherland.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
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noun
· the country where you were...
fatherland
More
homeland
Word family
Forms
motherlands
Derived forms
muddaland
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr Proto-Germanic *mōdēr Proto-West Germanic *mōder Old English mōdor Middle English moder English mother English land English motherland From mother + land.