as in home
the land of one's birth, residence, or citizenship though they had lived in their adopted country for many years, the immigrant families never broke their ties with the fatherland entirely

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Recent Examples of fatherland But another side of me believed in order, discipline and the fatherland. Nicholas Casey, New York Times, 10 June 2023 So the military sent diggers to cut roads into the forest and encouraged people to go down them and plant a flag for the fatherland. Andrew Downie, Time, 3 Dec. 2022 The film’s hero, Paul Bäumer (Felix Kammerer), is a student who, three years into the war, enlists in the Imperial German Army to fight for the fatherland. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 5 Nov. 2022 Thousands of admirers of Jaguarina went out to see the great swordswoman measure blades with her skillful antagonist while the stalwart Captain Wiedermann, of many battles, attracted a legion of representatives of the far-off Teutonic fatherland.... San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2022 See All Example Sentences for fatherland
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Noun
  • The two-story, single-family homes were lit on fire and sustained structural damage, according to the Fire Department.
    Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 4 May 2025
  • For Adolf Hitler’s acolytes, the home was the microcosm of the nation, and mothers were its keepers.
    Seyward Darby, Vogue, 3 May 2025
Noun
  • It's been just a tremendous loser for this country.
    Bonnie Bolden, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
  • From this day forward, our country will flourish and be respected again all over the world.
    Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • But Machold insists that homeland security also became a bundle of assumptions and methods that could be exported.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Vatican Pool/Getty Images Argentina's president sent profound condolences to the family of Pope Francis and to all Catholics in a message posted to X from the pontiff's homeland.
    Carrie Kahn, NPR, 21 Apr. 2025

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“Fatherland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fatherland. Accessed 7 May. 2025.

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