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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

The country of one’s ancestors; – same as

fatherland

motherland ‎(usually uncountable, plural motherlands)

the country of one's ancestors

Albanian: mëmëdhe (sq)
Arabic: وَطَن (ar) m ‎(waṭan)
Armenian: հայրենիք (hy) ‎(hayrenikʿ)
Azeri: vətən (az)
Belarusian: радзі́ма (be) f ‎(radzíma), айчы́на f ‎(ajčýna), ба́цькаўшчына f ‎(bácʹkaŭščyna)
Bulgarian: ро́дина (bg) f ‎(ródina)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 祖國 (zh), 祖国 (zh) ‎(zǔguó), 故國 (zh), 故国 (zh) ‎(gùguó)
Czech: vlast (cs) f, domovina f
Dolgan: төрөөбүт һир ‎(törööbüt hir)
Dutch: vaderland (nl) n
Estonian: kodumaa (et)
Faroese: móðurland n
Finnish: isänmaa (fi)
French: patrie (fr) f
Georgian: სამშობლო (ka) ‎(samšoblo)
German: Vaterland (de) n
Greek: πατρίδα (el) f ‎(patrída)
Ancient: πατρίς f ‎(patrís)
Hungarian: őshaza (hu)
Indonesian: tanah leluhur
Japanese: 母国 ‎(ぼこく, bokoku), 祖国 (ja) ‎(そこく, sokoku)

Korean: 모국 (ko) ‎(moguk)
Latvian: tēvija f, tēvzeme f, dzimtene f
Lithuanian: tėvynė (lt) f
Macedonian: дедовина f ‎(dedóvina), татковина f ‎(tatkóvina), родина f ‎(ródina)
Malay: tanah air
Persian: وطن (fa) ‎(vatan)
Polish: macierz (pl) f, ojczyzna (pl) f
Portuguese: país de origem m
Russian: ро́дина (ru) f ‎(ródina), отчи́зна (ru) f ‎(otčízna), оте́чество (ru) n ‎(otéčestvo)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: отаџбина f, домовина f

Roman: otadžbina (sh) f, domovina (sh) f
Slovak: vlasť f, domovina f
Slovene: domovina (sl) f
Spanish: patria (es) f
Swedish: fädernesland (sv) n
Tagalog: inang-bayan
Tajik: ватан (tg) ‎(vatan)
Turkish: memleket (tr)
Ukrainian: ба́тьківщина (uk) f ‎(bátʹkivščyna), вітчи́зна (uk) f ‎(vitčýzna)
Vietnamese: quê hương (vi)
Yiddish: מוטערלאַנד n ‎(muterland)

the country of one's birth

country of origin

mother country in contrast to its colonies