noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The country of one's ancestors.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The country of one's birth, origin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
the country where you were born
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: homeland, motherland, mother country, country of origin, native land
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: country, state, land
Narrower terms: old country
History
Etymology
From father + land. Compare Dutch vaderland (“fatherland”), German Vaterland (“fatherland”), Danish fædreland (“fatherland”), Icelandic föðurland (“fatherland”).
Across languages
Translations
102 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
atdhe
— country of one's ancestry
Arabic:
وطن
(waṭan)
— country of one's ancestry
Armenian:
հայրենիք
(hayrenikʻ)
— country of one's ancestry
Aromanian:
pãtridã
— country of one's ancestry
Asturian:
patria
— country of one's ancestry
Avar:
ватӏан
(watʼan)
— country of one's ancestry
Azerbaijani:
ana yurdu
— country of one's ancestry
Azerbaijani:
vətən
— country of one's ancestry
Basque:
aberri
— country of one's ancestry
Belarusian:
радзі́ма
(radzíma)
— country of one's ancestry
Belarusian:
спа́дчына
(spádčyna)
— country of one's ancestry
Bengali:
ওয়াতন
(ōẇaton)
— country of one's ancestry
Bulgarian:
та́тковина
(tátkovina)
— country of one's ancestry
Catalan:
pàtria
— country of one's ancestry
Chinese Mandarin:
祖國 /祖国
(zǔguó)
— country of one's ancestry
Czech:
otčina
— country of one's ancestry
Czech:
vlast
— country of one's ancestry
Czech:
domovina
— country of one's ancestry
Danish:
fædreland
— country of one's ancestry
Dutch:
vaderland
— country of one's ancestry
Esperanto:
patrujo
— country of one's ancestry
Estonian:
isamaa
— country of one's ancestry
Faroese:
ættarland
— country of one's ancestry
Faroese:
fosturland
— country of one's ancestry
Faroese:
føðiland
— country of one's ancestry
Faroese:
heimland
— country of one's ancestry
Faroese:
móðurland
— country of one's ancestry
Finnish:
isänmaa
— country of one's ancestry
French:
patrie
— country of one's ancestry
West-Frisian:
heitelân
— country of one's ancestry
Galician:
patria
— country of one's ancestry
Georgian:
სამშობლო
(samšoblo)
— country of one's ancestry
Georgian:
მამული
(mamuli)
— country of one's ancestry
German:
Vaterland
— country of one's ancestry
German:
Vaterland
— country of one's ancestry
Greek:
πατρίδα
(patrída)
— country of one's ancestry
Ancient Greek:
πατρίς
(patrís)
— country of one's ancestry
Ancient Greek:
πάτρᾱ
(pátrā)
— country of one's ancestry
Hindi:
जन्मभूमि
(janmabhūmi)
— country of one's ancestry
Hindi:
वतन
(vatan)
— country of one's ancestry
Hindi:
स्वदेश
(svadeś)
— country of one's ancestry
Hungarian:
anyaföld
— country of one's ancestry
Hungarian:
szülőföld
— country of one's ancestry
Icelandic:
ættjörð
— country of one's ancestry
Icelandic:
ættland
— country of one's ancestry
Icelandic:
föðurland
— country of one's ancestry
Ido:
naskolando
— country of one's ancestry
Ido:
patrio
— country of one's ancestry
Irish:
athartha
— country of one's ancestry
Irish:
tír dhúchais
— country of one's ancestry
Italian:
patria
— country of one's ancestry
Italian:
paese
— country of one's ancestry
Italian:
suolo natio
— country of one's ancestry
Japanese:
祖国
(sokoku)
— country of one's ancestry
Kazakh:
атамекен
(atameken)
— country of one's ancestry
Kazakh:
отан
(otan)
— country of one's ancestry
Central Kurdish:
نیشتیمان
(nîştîman)
— country of one's ancestry
Latin:
patria
— country of one's ancestry
Latvian:
tēvija
— country of one's ancestry
Latvian:
tēvzeme
— country of one's ancestry
Latvian:
dzimtene
— country of one's ancestry
Lithuanian:
tėvynė
— country of one's ancestry
Livonian:
izāmō
— country of one's ancestry
Low German:
Vaderland
— country of one's ancestry
Macedonian:
татко́вина
(tatkóvina)
— country of one's ancestry
Malagasy:
tanindrazana
— country of one's ancestry
Māori:
whenua matua
— country of one's ancestry
Norwegian:
fedreland
— country of one's ancestry
Occitan:
patria
— country of one's ancestry
Old English:
ēþel
— country of one's ancestry
Old Tupi:
tetama
— country of one's ancestry
Pannonian Rusyn:
оцовщина
(ocovščina)
— country of one's ancestry
Pannonian Rusyn:
отечество
(otečestvo)
— country of one's ancestry
Persian:
میهن
(mihan)
— country of one's ancestry
Plautdietsch:
Vodalaunt
— country of one's ancestry
Polish:
ojczyzna
— country of one's ancestry
Polish:
macierz
— country of one's ancestry
Portuguese:
pátria
— country of one's ancestry
Romanian:
patrie
— country of one's ancestry
Russian:
оте́чество
(otéčestvo)
— country of one's ancestry
Russian:
ро́дина
(ródina)
— country of one's ancestry
Serbo-Croatian:
о̀таџбина
— country of one's ancestry
Serbo-Croatian:
до̀мовина
— country of one's ancestry
Serbo-Croatian:
òtadžbina
— country of one's ancestry
Serbo-Croatian:
dòmovina
— country of one's ancestry
Silesian:
hajmat
— country of one's ancestry
Slovak:
otčina
— country of one's ancestry
Slovak:
domovina
— country of one's ancestry
Slovak:
vlasť
— country of one's ancestry
Slovene:
domovina
— country of one's ancestry
Spanish:
patria
— country of one's ancestry
Swedish:
fosterland
— country of one's ancestry
Swedish:
fädernesland
— country of one's ancestry
Tabasaran:
ватан
(vatan)
— country of one's ancestry
Tibetan:
ཕ་ཡུལ
(pha yul)
— country of one's ancestry
Turkish:
ana vatan
— country of one's ancestry
Ottoman Turkish:
وطن
(vatan)
— country of one's ancestry
Ukrainian:
ба́тьківщи́на
(bátʹkivščýna)
— country of one's ancestry
Welsh:
tadwlad
— country of one's ancestry
Yiddish:
פֿאָטערלאַנד
(foterland)
— country of one's ancestry