motherland

English

Etymology

mother +‎ land

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmʌðɚˌlænd/

Noun

motherland (plural motherlands)

The country of one's ancestors.
The country of one's birth.
Country of origin.
Mother country in contrast to its colonies.

Synonyms

Translations

the country of one's ancestors

Albanian: mëmëdhe (sq)
Arabic: وَطَن‎ (ar) m (waṭan)
Armenian: հայրենիք (hy) (hayrenikʿ)
Azerbaijani: vətən (az)
Belarusian: радзі́ма (be) f (radzíma), айчы́на f (ajčýna), ба́цькаўшчына f (bácʹkaŭščyna)
Bulgarian: ро́дина (bg) f (ródina)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 祖國 (zh), 祖国 (zh) (zǔguó), 故國 (zh), 故国 (zh) (gùguó)
Czech: vlast (cs) f, domovina f
Danish: hjemland (da) n
Dolgan: төрөөбүт һир (törööbüt hir)
Dutch: vaderland (nl) n
Estonian: kodumaa (et)
Faroese: móðurland n
Finnish: isänmaa (fi)
French: patrie (fr) f
Galician: patria (gl) f
Georgian: სამშობლო (ka) (samšoblo)
German: Vaterland (de) n
Greek: πατρίδα (el) f (patrída)
Ancient: πατρίς f (patrís)
Hungarian: őshaza (hu)
Indonesian: tanah leluhur
Irish: tír dhúchais f

Italian: madrepatria (it) f
Japanese: 母国 (ぼこく, bokoku), 祖国 (ja) (そこく, sokoku)
Korean: 모국 (ko) (moguk)
Latvian: tēvija f, tēvzeme f, dzimtene f
Lithuanian: tėvynė (lt) f
Macedonian: дедовина f (dedóvina), татковина f (tatkóvina), родина f (ródina)
Malay: tanah air
Persian: وطن‎ (fa) (vatan)
Polish: macierz (pl) f, ojczyzna (pl) f, ojcowizna (pl) f
Portuguese: país de origem m
Russian: ро́дина (ru) f (ródina), отчи́зна (ru) f (otčízna), оте́чество (ru) n (otéčestvo)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: отаџбина f, домовина f

Roman: otadžbina (sh) f, domovina (sh) f
Slovak: vlasť f, domovina f
Slovene: domovina (sl) f
Spanish: patria (es) f
Swedish: fädernesland (sv) n
Tagalog: inang-bayan
Tajik: ватан (tg) (vatan)
Turkish: memleket (tr)
Ukrainian: ба́тьківщина (uk) f (bátʹkivščyna), вітчи́зна (uk) f (vitčýzna)
Vietnamese: quê hương (vi)
Yiddish: מוטערלאַנד‎ n (muterland)

the country of one's birth

Armenian: հայրենիք (hy) (hayrenikʿ)
Czech: vlast (cs) f
Danish: fædreland n, fødeland n
Dutch: geboorteland (nl) n
Faroese: móðurland n
Finnish: synnyinmaa (fi)
Greek: πατρίδα (el) f (patrída)
Ancient: πατρίς f (patrís)
Hungarian: szülőföld (hu)
Indonesian: tanah kelahiran

Japanese: 母国 (ぼこく, bokoku), 本国 (ほんごく, hongoku)
Latin: patria (la) f
Latvian: dzimtene f
Macedonian: родина f (ródina), татковина f (tatkóvina)
Polish: macierz (pl) f, ojczyzna (pl) f
Portuguese: pátria (pt) f, pátria-mãe f
Russian: ро́дина (ru) f (ródina)
Swedish: fosterland (sv) n
Tagalog: inang-bayan
Yiddish: מוטערלאַנד‎ n (muterland)

country of origin

Armenian: հայրենիք (hy) (hayrenikʿ)
Danish: fædreland n, hjemland (da) n
Dutch: land van oorsprong n
Faroese: móðurland n
Finnish: kotimaa (fi)
Indonesian: tanah air
Japanese: 故国 (ここく, kokoku)
Latvian: dzimtene f

Macedonian: татковина f (tatkóvina), родина f (ródina)
Malay: tanah air
Polish: macierz (pl) f, ojczyzna (pl) f
Portuguese: país de origem m
Russian: ро́дина (ru) f (ródina)
Swedish: moderland (sv) n
Tagalog: inang-bayan
Yiddish: מוטערלאַנד‎ n (muterland)

mother country in contrast to its colonies

Danish: moderland n
Dutch: moederland (nl)
Faroese: móðurland n
Finnish: emämaa (fi)
German: Mutterland (de) n
Hungarian: anyaország (hu)

Macedonian: матична земја f (mátična zémja)
Portuguese: metrópole (pt) f
Russian: ро́дина (ru) f (ródina)
Swedish: moderland (sv) n
Turkish: ana yurt (tr), ana vatan (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

Albanian: ^{(please verify)} atdhe (sq), ^{(please verify)} mëmëdhe (sq)
German: ^{(please verify)} Mutterland (de)
Gujarati: ^{(please verify)} સ્વદેશ (svadeš)
Hindi: ^{(please verify)} मातृभूमि (hi) (mātrbhūmi), ^{(please verify)} मूलनिवास (mūlnivās), ^{(please verify)} स्वदेश (hi) (svadeš)
Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} móðurl
Italian: ^{(please verify)} madrepatria (it) f

Latin: ^{(please verify)} mater (la) f, ^{(please verify)} altrix f
Malayalam: ^{(please verify)} മാതൃഭൂമി (ml) (mātr̥bhūmi)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ^{(please verify)} домовина f, ^{(please verify)} отаџбина f

Roman: ^{(please verify)} domovina (sh) f, ^{(please verify)} otadžbina (sh) f
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} Madre Patria

Anagrams

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