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motherland


motherland

noun

Definition of MOTHERLAND

1
a place of origin <for many oenophiles, France remains the motherland of fine wines>
Related Words hometown; Blighty [chiefly British], country, nativity, old country, roots
2
the land of one's birth, residence, or citizenship <all his life he longed to return to his motherland>

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