motherland

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• General-American: /ˈmʌðɚˌlænd/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmʌð.ə.lænd/
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• CMU ARPABET: M AH1 DH ER0 L AE2 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méh2tēr Proto-Germanic *mōdēr Proto-West Germanic *mōder Old English mōdor Middle English moder English mother English land English motherland From mother + land.

241 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: mëmëdhe — the country of one's ancestors
• Albanian: atdhe — the country of one's ancestors
• Albanian: Troje — the country of one's ancestors
• Arabic: وَطَن (waṭan) — the country of one's ancestors
• Armenian: հայրենիք (hayrenikʻ) — the country of one's ancestors
• Azerbaijani: vətən — the country of one's ancestors
• Azerbaijani: ana vətən — the country of one's ancestors
• Bashkir: ватан (vatan) — the country of one's ancestors
• Belarusian: радзі́ма (radzíma) — the country of one's ancestors
• Belarusian: айчы́на (ajčýna) — the country of one's ancestors
• Belarusian: ба́цькаўшчына (bácʹkawščyna) — the country of one's ancestors
• Bengali: ওয়াতন (ōẇaton) — the country of one's ancestors
• Bulgarian: роди́на (rodína) — the country of one's ancestors
• Bulgarian: оте́чество (otéčestvo) — the country of one's ancestors
• Bulgarian: та́тковина (tátkovina) — the country of one's ancestors
• Burmese: အမိမြေ (a.mi.mre) — the country of one's ancestors
• Chinese Cantonese: 祖國 /祖国 (zou2 gwok3) — the country of one's ancestors
• Chinese Cantonese: 故國 /故国 (gu3 gwok3) — the country of one's ancestors
• Chinese Mandarin: 祖國 /祖国 (zǔguó) — the country of one's ancestors
• Chinese Mandarin: 故國 /故国 (gùguó) — the country of one's ancestors
• Czech: vlast — the country of one's ancestors
• Czech: domovina — the country of one's ancestors
• Czech: otčina — the country of one's ancestors
• Danish: hjemland — the country of one's ancestors
• Danish: moderland — the country of one's ancestors
• Danish: fædreland — the country of one's ancestors
• Dolgan: төрөөбүт һир (törööbüt hir) — the country of one's ancestors
• Dutch: vaderland — the country of one's ancestors
• Esperanto: patrujo — the country of one's ancestors
• Estonian: kodumaa — the country of one's ancestors
• Faroese: móðurland — the country of one's ancestors
• Finnish: isänmaa — the country of one's ancestors
• French: patrie — the country of one's ancestors
• French: matrie — the country of one's ancestors
• Galician: patria — the country of one's ancestors
• Georgian: სამშობლო (samšoblo) — the country of one's ancestors
• German: Vaterland — the country of one's ancestors
• Greek: πατρίδα (patrída) — the country of one's ancestors
• Ancient Greek: πατρίς (patrís) — the country of one's ancestors
• Hebrew: מוֹלֶדֶת (molédet) — the country of one's ancestors
• Hindi: मातृभूमि (mātŕbhūmi) — the country of one's ancestors
• Hindi: स्वदेश (svadeś) — the country of one's ancestors
• Hungarian: őshaza — the country of one's ancestors
• Hungarian: haza — the country of one's ancestors
• Hungarian: szülőföld — the country of one's ancestors
• Icelandic: föðurland — the country of one's ancestors
• Icelandic: heimaland — the country of one's ancestors
• Icelandic: fósturland — the country of one's ancestors
• Indonesian: tanah leluhur — the country of one's ancestors
• Irish: tír dhúchais — the country of one's ancestors
• Italian: madrepatria — the country of one's ancestors
• Italian: patria — the country of one's ancestors
• Japanese: 母国 (bokoku) — the country of one's ancestors
• Japanese: 祖国 (sokoku) — the country of one's ancestors
• Kazakh: отан (otan) — the country of one's ancestors
• Kazakh: атамекен (atameken) — the country of one's ancestors
• Khmer: មាតុភូមិ (miətophuum) — the country of one's ancestors
• Khmer: មាតុប្រទេស (miətoprɑɑteih) — the country of one's ancestors
• Korean: 모국 (moguk) — the country of one's ancestors
• Korean: 조국 (joguk) — the country of one's ancestors
• Kyrgyz: ата мекен (ata meken) — the country of one's ancestors
• Lao: ມາຕຸພູມ (mā tu phūm) — the country of one's ancestors
• Lao: ບ້ານເມືອງ (bān mư̄ang) — the country of one's ancestors
• Latin: patria — the country of one's ancestors
• Latvian: tēvija — the country of one's ancestors
• Latvian: tēvzeme — the country of one's ancestors
• Latvian: dzimtene — the country of one's ancestors
• Lithuanian: tėvynė — the country of one's ancestors
• Macedonian: дедовина (dedovina) — the country of one's ancestors
• Macedonian: татковина (tatkovina) — the country of one's ancestors
• Macedonian: родина (rodina) — the country of one's ancestors
• Malay: tanah air — the country of one's ancestors
• Malayalam: മാതൃഭൂമി (mātr̥bhūmi) — the country of one's ancestors
• Manchu: ᠮᠠᡶᠠ ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ (mafa gurun) — the country of one's ancestors
• Manchu: ᠮᠠᡶᠠᡵᡳ ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ (mafari gurun) — the country of one's ancestors
• Māori: whenua matua — the country of one's ancestors
• Mongolian: эх орон (ex oron) — the country of one's ancestors
• Norwegian Bokmål: moderland — the country of one's ancestors
• Norwegian Bokmål: hjemland — the country of one's ancestors
• Norwegian Bokmål: fedreland — the country of one's ancestors
• Norwegian Nynorsk: moderland — the country of one's ancestors
• Norwegian Nynorsk: heimland — the country of one's ancestors
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fedreland — the country of one's ancestors
• Pannonian Rusyn: оцовщина (ocovščina) — the country of one's ancestors
• Pashto: وطن (watan) — the country of one's ancestors
• Dari: وَطَن (watan) — the country of one's ancestors
• Dari: میهَن (mēhan) — the country of one's ancestors
• Iranian Persian: وَطَن (vatan) — the country of one's ancestors
• Iranian Persian: میهَن (mihan) — the country of one's ancestors
• Polish: macierz — the country of one's ancestors
• Polish: ojczyzna — the country of one's ancestors
• Polish: ojcowizna — the country of one's ancestors
• Portuguese: país de origem — the country of one's ancestors
• Romanian: patrie — the country of one's ancestors
• Russian: ро́дина (ródina) — the country of one's ancestors
• Russian: отчи́зна (otčízna) — the country of one's ancestors
• Russian: оте́чество (otéčestvo) — the country of one's ancestors
• Scottish Gaelic: màthar-thìr — the country of one's ancestors
• Scottish Gaelic: tìr-dhàimh — the country of one's ancestors
• Serbo-Croatian: о̀таџбина — the country of one's ancestors
• Serbo-Croatian: до̀мовина — the country of one's ancestors
• Serbo-Croatian: òtadžbina — the country of one's ancestors
• Serbo-Croatian: dòmovina — the country of one's ancestors
• Silesian: hajmat — the country of one's ancestors
• Slovak: vlasť — the country of one's ancestors
• Slovak: domovina — the country of one's ancestors
• Slovak: otčina — the country of one's ancestors
• Slovene: domovina — the country of one's ancestors
• Spanish: patria — the country of one's ancestors
• Swedish: fädernesland — the country of one's ancestors
• Swedish: fosterland — the country of one's ancestors
• Swedish: hemland — the country of one's ancestors
• Tagalog: inang bayan — the country of one's ancestors
• Tagalog: patriya — the country of one's ancestors
• Tajik: ватан (vatan) — the country of one's ancestors
• Tajik: меҳан (mehan) — the country of one's ancestors
• Tamil: தாயகம் (tāyakam) — the country of one's ancestors
• Tamil: தாய்நாடு (tāynāṭu) — the country of one's ancestors
• Tatar: ватан (watan) — the country of one's ancestors
• Thai: มาตุภูมิ (maa-dtù-puum) — the country of one's ancestors
• Thai: บ้านเมือง (bâan-mʉʉang) — the country of one's ancestors
• Thai: ปิตุภูมิ (bpì-dtù-puum) — the country of one's ancestors
• Turkish: memleket — the country of one's ancestors
• Turkish: ana vatan — the country of one's ancestors
• Ottoman Turkish: وطن (vatan) — the country of one's ancestors
• Turkmen: watan — the country of one's ancestors
• Ukrainian: ба́тьківщина (bátʹkivščyna) — the country of one's ancestors
• Ukrainian: вітчи́зна (vitčýzna) — the country of one's ancestors
• Urdu: وَطَن (vatan) — the country of one's ancestors
• Urdu: مادَرِ وَطَن (mādar-i vatan) — the country of one's ancestors
• Uyghur: ۋەتەن (weten) — the country of one's ancestors
• Uzbek: vatan — the country of one's ancestors
• Vietnamese: quê hương — the country of one's ancestors
• Vietnamese: tổ quốc — the country of one's ancestors
• Yiddish: מוטערלאַנד (muterland) — the country of one's ancestors
• Albanian: mëmëdhe — the country of one's birth
• Albanian: atdhe — the country of one's birth
• Arabic: وَطَن (waṭan) — the country of one's birth
• Armenian: հայրենիք (hayrenikʻ) — the country of one's birth
• Belarusian: радзі́ма (radzíma) — the country of one's birth
• Belarusian: ба́цькаўшчына (bácʹkawščyna) — the country of one's birth
• Bulgarian: роди́на (rodína) — the country of one's birth
• Czech: vlast — the country of one's birth
• Danish: fædreland — the country of one's birth
• Danish: fødeland — the country of one's birth
• Danish: hjemland — the country of one's birth
• Dutch: geboorteland — the country of one's birth
• Esperanto: patrujo — the country of one's birth
• Esperanto: hejmlando — the country of one's birth
• Esperanto: patralando — the country of one's birth
• Esperanto: patrinlando — the country of one's birth
• Faroese: móðurland — the country of one's birth
• Finnish: synnyinmaa — the country of one's birth
• French: patrie — the country of one's birth
• French: matrie — the country of one's birth
• German: Heimat — the country of one's birth
• German: Heimatland — the country of one's birth
• Greek: πατρίδα (patrída) — the country of one's birth
• Ancient Greek: πατρίς (patrís) — the country of one's birth
• Hindi: जन्मभूमि (janmabhūmi) — the country of one's birth
• Hindi: मातृभूमि (mātŕbhūmi) — the country of one's birth
• Hungarian: szülőföld — the country of one's birth
• Icelandic: heimaland — the country of one's birth
• Indonesian: tanah kelahiran — the country of one's birth
• Italian: patria — the country of one's birth
• Japanese: 母国 (bokoku) — the country of one's birth
• Japanese: 本国 (hongoku) — the country of one's birth
• Korean: 모국 (moguk) — the country of one's birth
• Latin: patria — the country of one's birth
• Latvian: dzimtene — the country of one's birth
• Macedonian: родина (rodina) — the country of one's birth
• Macedonian: татковина (tatkovina) — the country of one's birth
• Malay: ibu pertiwi — the country of one's birth
• Māori: whenua matua — the country of one's birth
• Norwegian Bokmål: hjemland — the country of one's birth
• Polish: macierz — the country of one's birth
• Polish: ojczyzna — the country of one's birth
• Portuguese: pátria — the country of one's birth
• Portuguese: pátria-mãe — the country of one's birth
• Romanian: patrie — the country of one's birth
• Russian: ро́дина (ródina) — the country of one's birth
• Slovak: vlasť — the country of one's birth
• Spanish: patria — the country of one's birth
• Swedish: fosterland — the country of one's birth
• Swedish: hemland — the country of one's birth
• Tagalog: inang bayan — the country of one's birth
• Tagalog: patriya — the country of one's birth
• Tamil: தாயகம் (tāyakam) — the country of one's birth
• Tamil: தாய்நாடு (tāynāṭu) — the country of one's birth
• Ottoman Turkish: وطن (vatan) — the country of one's birth
• Ukrainian: ба́тьківщина (bátʹkivščyna) — the country of one's birth
• Yiddish: מוטערלאַנד (muterland) — the country of one's birth
• Armenian: հայրենիք (hayrenikʻ) — country of origin
• Danish: fædreland — country of origin
• Danish: hjemland — country of origin
• Dutch: land van oorsprong — country of origin
• Esperanto: hejmlando — country of origin
• Esperanto: patrujo — country of origin
• Esperanto: patralando — country of origin
• Esperanto: patrinlando — country of origin
• Faroese: móðurland — country of origin
• Finnish: kotimaa — country of origin
• Hindi: मातृभूमि (mātŕbhūmi) — country of origin
• Indonesian: tanah air — country of origin
• Japanese: 故国 (kokoku) — country of origin
• Kapampangan: indung balen — country of origin
• Kapampangan: indung gabun — country of origin
• Latvian: dzimtene — country of origin
• Macedonian: татковина (tatkovina) — country of origin
• Macedonian: родина (rodina) — country of origin
• Malay: tanah air — country of origin
• Māori: whenua tupu — country of origin
• Polish: macierz — country of origin
• Polish: ojczyzna — country of origin
• Portuguese: país de origem — country of origin
• Russian: ро́дина (ródina) — country of origin
• Swedish: moderland — country of origin
• Swedish: fosterland — country of origin
• Tagalog: inang bayan — country of origin
• Tagalog: patriya — country of origin
• Tamil: தாயகம் (tāyakam) — country of origin
• Tamil: தாய்நாடு (tāynāṭu) — country of origin
• Ottoman Turkish: وطن (vatan) — country of origin
• Yiddish: מוטערלאַנד (muterland) — country of origin
• Danish: moderland — mother country in contrast to its colonies
• Dutch: moederland — mother country in contrast to its colonies
• Esperanto: patrujo — mother country in contrast to its colonies
• Esperanto: metropolo — mother country in contrast to its colonies
• Esperanto: ĉeflando — mother country in contrast to its colonies
• Faroese: móðurland — mother country in contrast to its colonies
• Finnish: emämaa — mother country in contrast to its colonies
• German: Mutterland — mother country in contrast to its colonies
• Hungarian: anyaország — mother country in contrast to its colonies
• Macedonian: матична земја (matična zemja) — mother country in contrast to its colonies
• Norwegian Bokmål: moderland — mother country in contrast to its colonies
• Norwegian Nynorsk: moderland — mother country in contrast to its colonies
• Portuguese: metrópole — mother country in contrast to its colonies
• Russian: ро́дина (ródina) — mother country in contrast to its colonies
• Swedish: moderland — mother country in contrast to its colonies
• Turkish: ana yurt — mother country in contrast to its colonies
• Turkish: ana vatan — mother country in contrast to its colonies