Thesaurus results for MOTHERLANDS

motherlands

noun

plural of motherland

as in birthplaces

a place of origin for many oenophiles, France remains the motherland of fine wines

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the land of one's birth, residence, or citizenship all his life he longed to return to his motherland

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Recent Examples of motherlands Damon spoke to me about my debut novel, therapy, and motherlands. — Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2026

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WalletHub analyst Chip Lupo said states can be diverse in ways that are not always immediately apparent, including differences in residents' ages, birthplaces, languages, jobs and family structures.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2026
More than simply a source of beans — the Yergacheffe variety is popular — Yemen is often considered one of coffee’s historic birthplaces.

— Christopher Hassiotis, AJC.com, 18 June 2026

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The crisis helped cement the rupture between the two countries, which have had no formal diplomatic relations for years.

— ELENA BECATOROS, Arkansas Online, 5 Nov. 2026
While there are no comprehensive figures for how many workers left the compounds, reports from nearby countries provide a glimpse into the size and diversity of the workforce.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of countries

Noun

The town square is speckled with Southern Colonial Revival and neoclassical homes that have been beautifully preserved.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Nov. 2026
The neighborhood’s nineteenth-century commercial lofts were losing the manufacturing uses for which they had been built; artists were moving into them illegally as studios and homes.

— Julian Rose, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of homes

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War robbed them of homelands, families, friends, careers, and dreams.

— Joanie Schirm, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2026
His art, which has been displayed at museums around the world, often draws on his own family’s experience escaping antisemitism to evoke minority communities that have all but disappeared from their homelands.

— Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026

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