Fatherland


[fah-th er-land] /ˈfɑ ðərˌlænd/

noun
1.
one’s native country.
2.
the of one’s ancestors.
/ˈfɑːðəˌlænd/
noun
1.
a person’s native country
2.
the country of a person’s ancestors
n.

1620s, from father (n.) + land (n.). In modern use often a loan-translation of German Vaterland, itself a loan-translation of Latin patria (terra), literally “father’s land.” Late Old English/Middle English fæderland (c.1100) meant “parental land, inheritance.”

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