mother country
mother country
nounDefinition of MOTHER COUNTRY
1
a place of origin <Greece can boast to being the mother country of democracy>
2
the land of one's birth, residence, or citizenship <even after decades of living in their adopted nation, they maintained a strong attachment to the mother country>
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