motherland

noun

moth·er·land ˈmə-t͟hər-ˌland

Synonyms of motherland next

: mother country sense 1

: a country regarded as a place of origin (as of an idea or a movement)

Examples of motherland in a Sentence

for many oenophiles, France remains the motherland of fine wines all his life he longed to return to his motherland

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Last month, Casa De Paz received a call from a Venezuelan man in Denver requesting a plane ticket to Colombia, the nearest country to his motherland with a direct U.S. flight. —

Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, The Denver Post, 12 Jan. 2025 Never was Nashville mentioned — this, despite its status as a true motherland of the Movement. —

Andrea Williams, The Tennessean, 14 June 2024 Playing the stony henchman who very gradually emits flickers of affection for his reluctant mark has brought the actor, already famous in his motherland, international visibility and a place in the awards conversation. —

Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Dec. 2024 Since then, Putin has sought instead to rally the public to the defense of a motherland besieged by the perfidious and cunning West. —

Leon Aron, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for motherland