native land

noun

: the country in which one was born

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An immigration court granted him approval to stay amid concerns of turmoil in his native land. Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 16 Apr. 2025 More than 20 years ago, when the Tlingit residents of Hoonah in coastal Alaska decided to build a cruise port on native land, the stakes were high. Elaine Glusac, Travel + Leisure, 18 Mar. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for native land

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“Native land.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/native%20land. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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