fatherland

English

Etymology

From father +‎ land. Compare Old English fæderland (“paternal land”), Dutch vaderland (“fatherland”), German Vaterland (“fatherland”), Danish fædreland (“fatherland”), Icelandic föðurland (“fatherland”).

Noun

fatherland (plural fatherlands)

  1. The country of one's ancestors.
  2. The country of one's birth, origin.

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