native land

noun

: the country in which one was born

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There are no native land mammals, no reptiles and barely a trace of higher plant life. — Scott Travers, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025 Fearful that Colonists might provoke a costly war with Indigenous people, Parliament issued the Proclamation of 1763, which attempted to protect native land by discouraging Colonial expansion westward. — G. Patrick O'Brien, The Conversation, 3 Mar. 2025 The Chinese revive thoughts of the ancestors of his native land. — Angelica Frey, JSTOR Daily, 15 Jan. 2025 Edwards tops the previous mark of 58-11½ set in 1985 by Willie Banks of the United States. 1999 — Jean Van de Velde’s triple bogey on the 72nd hole sets the stage for Paul Lawrie to become the first Scotsman to win the British Open in his native land since Tommy Armour in 1931. — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for native land

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