- motherland mother·land ['mʌðəˌlænd]
- madrepatria, patria
English-Italian dictionary. 2013.
motherland mother·land ['mʌðəˌlænd]
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mother country — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. motherland, native land, native country, homeland, old country; see also country 3 , nation 1 … English dictionary for students
Motherland — is a term that may refer to a mother country, i.e. the place of one s birth, the place of origin of an ethnic group or immigrant, or a Metropole in contrast to its colonies. This usage is sometimes seen in English, maybe more often in the social… … Wikipedia
motherland — (n.) 1711, from MOTHER (Cf. mother) (n.1) + LAND (Cf. land) (n.) … Etymology dictionary
motherland — moth|er|land [ˈmʌðəlænd US ðər ] n [C usually singular] someone s motherland is the country where they were born and to which they feel a strong emotional connection = ↑mother country, fatherland ↑fatherland ▪ They are willing to die for the… … Dictionary of contemporary English
mother country — noun the country where you were born (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑fatherland, ↑homeland, ↑motherland, ↑country of origin, ↑native land • Hypernyms: ↑country, ↑state, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
motherland — moth•er•land [[t]ˈmʌð ərˌlænd[/t]] n. mother country … From formal English to slang
native land — noun the country where you were born (Freq. 3) • Syn: ↑fatherland, ↑homeland, ↑motherland, ↑mother country, ↑country of origin • Hypernyms: ↑country, ↑state … Useful english dictionary
native land — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. homeland, motherland, mother country, fatherland, the old country, birthplace … English dictionary for students
native land — [n] homeland fatherland, God’s country, home, mother country, motherland, native soil, the old country*; concepts 510,515 … New thesaurus
Vande Mataram — Bande Mataram redirects here, for other uses of the term, see Bande Mataram (disambiguation). Vande Mataram (Sanskrit: वन्दे मातरम् Vande Mātaram , Bengali: বন্দে মাতরম Bônde Matorom ; English Translation: Bow to thee Mother ) is the national… … Wikipedia
country — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. land, region, tract, district, territory; countryside, plain, fields, the sticks (inf.); state, people, fatherland, home, nation; power. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Said of people, manners, etc.] Syn.… … English dictionary for students
