Motherland

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One's native land.
  • n. The land of one's ancestors.
  • n. A country considered as the origin of something.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The country of one's ancestors.
  • n. The country of one's birth.
  • n. Country of origin.
  • n. Mother country in contrast to its colonies.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The country of one's ancestors; -- same as fatherland.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The land of one's origin; fatherland; the land whence a people originally sprang.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the country where you were born
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    state    land    country   
    Variant
    fatherland   
    Hyponym
    old country   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    fatherland    homeland   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    quartering    wonderworld    dirtside   
     
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