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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Russian soldiers have been indoctrinated by state propaganda that depicts Ukrainians as Nazis and as traitors to the fatherland.
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The Week Staff, The Week, 15 July 2023
Vinayak Savarkar, a key early ideologue of Hindutva, or Hindu nationalism, declared in 1923 that India was both a fatherland and a holy land, whose history and civilization were essentially Hindu.
—Supriya Gandhi, Foreign Affairs, 13 July 2020
But another side of me believed in order, discipline and the fatherland.
—Nicholas Casey, New York Times, 10 June 2023
Each fights for the fatherland.
—Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 18 Mar. 2022
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The Week Staff, The Week, 15 July 2023
Vinayak Savarkar, a key early ideologue of Hindutva, or Hindu nationalism, declared in 1923 that India was both a fatherland and a holy land, whose history and civilization were essentially Hindu.
—Supriya Gandhi, Foreign Affairs, 13 July 2020
But another side of me believed in order, discipline and the fatherland.
—Nicholas Casey, New York Times, 10 June 2023
Each fights for the fatherland.
—Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 18 Mar. 2022
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“Fatherland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fatherland. Accessed 24 Oct. 2024.
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