fatherland
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fatherland
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From father + land. Compare Dutch vaderland (“fatherland”), German Vaterland (“fatherland”), Danish fædreland (“fatherland”), Icelandic föðurland (“fatherland”). Does not continue Middle English fæderland, from Old English fæderland. First attested in the 1620s.
noun fatherlands
- The country of one's ancestors.
- The country of one's birth, origin. Lenin frequently expressed himself on these lines before and during the War; he quoted with emphasis the famous saying that the working man has no fatherland, and believed it quite literally.
Similar: homeland, motherland, sire-land
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Closest in meaning: motherland, mother country, homeland, native land, birthplace, home, country, nation, patriotic, mother, all, patria, patrie, old country, home nation, home country
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Similar: homeland, motherland, sire-land
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Talk about this word "fatherland." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fatherland. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. fatherland. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fatherland "fatherland." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fatherland.Cite this
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title = {fatherland},
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