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The country in which a person was born and usually raised, regardless of the present country of residence and citizenship.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Across languages
Translations
42 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
وَطَن
(waṭan)
— country where a person was born and raised
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Arabic:
مَوْطِن
(mawṭin)
— country where a person was born and raised
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Arabic:
مَنْشَأ
(manšaʔ)
— country where a person was born and raised
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Bulgarian:
роди́на
(rodína)
— country where a person was born and raised
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Chinese Mandarin:
祖國 /祖国
(zǔguó)
— country where a person was born and raised
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Chinese Mandarin:
故鄉 /故乡
(gùxiāng)
— country where a person was born and raised
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Chinese Mandarin:
家鄉 /家乡
(jiāxiāng)
— country where a person was born and raised
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Chinese Mandarin:
原籍國 /原籍国
— country where a person was born and raised
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Danish:
hjemland
— country where a person was born and raised
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Dutch:
thuisland
— country where a person was born and raised
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Estonian:
kodumaa
— country where a person was born and raised
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Faroese:
heimland
— country where a person was born and raised
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Finnish:
kotimaa
— country where a person was born and raised
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French:
patrie
— country where a person was born and raised
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German:
Heimatland
— country where a person was born and raised
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German:
Heimat
— country where a person was born and raised
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German:
Vaterland
— country where a person was born and raised
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Greek:
πατρίδα
(patrída)
— country where a person was born and raised
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Hindi:
वतन
(vatan)
— country where a person was born and raised
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Hungarian:
hon
— country where a person was born and raised
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Hungarian:
haza
— country where a person was born and raised
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Italian:
patria
— country where a person was born and raised
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Japanese:
母国
(bokoku)
— country where a person was born and raised
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Japanese:
本国
(hongoku)
— country where a person was born and raised
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Japanese:
ハイマート
(haimāto)
— country where a person was born and raised
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Japanese:
祖国
(sokoku)
— country where a person was born and raised
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Korean:
본국
(bon'guk)
— country where a person was born and raised
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Manchu:
ᠮᠠᡶᠠ ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ
(mafa gurun)
— country where a person was born and raised
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Norwegian Bokmål:
hjemland
— country where a person was born and raised
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Norwegian Bokmål:
heimland
— country where a person was born and raised
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
heimland
— country where a person was born and raised
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Persian:
وطن
(vatan)
— country where a person was born and raised
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Portuguese:
pátria
— country where a person was born and raised
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Russian:
ро́дина
(ródina)
— country where a person was born and raised
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Russian:
родна́я страна́
(rodnája straná)
— country where a person was born and raised
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Russian:
оте́чество
(otéčestvo)
— country where a person was born and raised
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Russian:
отчи́зна
(otčízna)
— country where a person was born and raised
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Slovak:
domovina
— country where a person was born and raised
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Spanish:
patria
— country where a person was born and raised
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Swedish:
hemland
— country where a person was born and raised
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Turkmen:
diýar
— country where a person was born and raised
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Urdu:
وطن
(vatan)
— country where a person was born and raised
