motherland

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmʌðɚˌlænd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmʌð.ə.lænd/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

motherland (plural motherlands)

1. The country of one's ancestors.
2. The country of one's birth.
3. Country of origin.
4. Mother country in contrast to its colonies.

Synonyms

• fatherland
• homeland

Derived terms

• muddaland

Translations

the country of one's ancestors

• Albanian: mëmëdhe (sq) f, atdhe (sq) m
• Arabic: وَطَن (ar) m (waṭan)
• Armenian: հայրենիք (hy) (hayrenikʻ)
• Azerbaijani: vətən (az), ana vətən
• Bashkir: ватан (vatan)
• Belarusian: радзі́ма (be) f (radzíma), айчы́на f (ajčýna), ба́цькаўшчына f (bácʹkaŭščyna)
• Bengali: ওয়াতন (bn) (ōẇaton)
• Bulgarian: роди́на (bg) f (rodína), оте́чество (bg) n (otéčestvo), та́тковина (bg) f (tátkovina)
• Burmese: အမိမြေ (a.mi.mre)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 祖國／祖国 (zou² gwok³), 故國／故国 (gu³ gwok³)

  Mandarin: 祖國／祖国 (zh) (zǔguó), 故國／故国 (zh) (gùguó)

• Czech: vlast (cs) f, domovina f, otčina (cs) f (literary)
• Danish: hjemland (da) n, moderland (da) n, fædreland n
• Dolgan: төрөөбүт һир (törööbüt hir)
• Dutch: vaderland (nl) n
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: kodumaa (et)
• Faroese: móðurland n
• Finnish: isänmaa (fi)
• French: patrie (fr) f
• Galician: patria (gl) f
• Georgian: სამშობლო (ka) (samšoblo)
• German: Vaterland (de) n
• Greek: πατρίδα (el) f (patrída)

  Ancient: πατρίς f (patrís)

• Hebrew: מוֹלֶדֶת (he) f (molédet)
• Hindi: स्वदेश (hi) m (svadeś), वतन (hi) m (vatan), मातृभूमि (hi) f (mātŕbhūmi)
• Hungarian: őshaza (hu), haza (hu), szülőföld (hu)
• Icelandic: föðurland (is) n, heimaland n, fósturland (is) n
• Indonesian: tanah leluhur
• Irish: tír dhúchais f
• Italian: madrepatria (it) f, patria (it) f
• Japanese: 母国 (ja) (ぼこく, bokoku), 祖国 (ja) (そこく, sokoku)
• Kazakh: отан (otan), атамекен (atameken)
• Khmer: មាតុភូមិ (miətophuum), មាតុប្រទេស (miətoprɑɑteih)
• Korean: 모국(母國) (ko) (moguk), 조국(祖國) (ko) (joguk)
• Kyrgyz: ата мекен (ata meken)
• Lao: ມາຕຸພູມ (lo) (mā tu phūm), ບ້ານເມືອງ (bān mư̄ang)
• Latin: patria (la) f
• Latvian: tēvija f, tēvzeme f, dzimtene f
• Lithuanian: tėvynė (lt) f
• Macedonian: дедовина f (dedovina), татковина f (tatkovina), родина f (rodina)
• Malay: tanah air (ms)
• Malayalam: മാതൃഭൂമി (ml) (mātr̥bhūmi)
• Manchu: ᠮᠠᡶᠠ
  ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ (mafa gurun), ᠮᠠᡶᠠᡵᡳ
  ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ (mafari gurun)
• Maori: whenua matua
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: эх орон (ex oron)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: moderland n, hjemland n, fedreland n

  Nynorsk: moderland n, heimland n, fedreland n

• Ottoman Turkish: وطن (vatan)
• Pashto: وطن (ps) m (watan)
• Persian:

  Dari: وَطَن (fa) m (watan), میهَن (fa) (mēhan)

  Iranian Persian: وَطَن (fa) (vatan), میهَن (fa) (mihan)

• Polish: macierz (pl) f, ojczyzna (pl) f, ojcowizna (pl) f
• Portuguese: país de origem m
• Romanian: patrie (ro) f
• Russian: ро́дина (ru) f (ródina), отчи́зна (ru) f (otčízna), оте́чество (ru) n (otéčestvo)
• Scottish Gaelic: màthar-thìr f, tìr-dhàimh f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: о̀таџбина f, до̀мовина f

  Roman: òtadžbina (sh) f, dòmovina (sh) f

• Silesian: hajmat m
• Slovak: vlasť f, domovina f, otčina f
• Slovene: domovina (sl) f
• Spanish: patria (es) f
• Swedish: fädernesland (sv) n, fosterland (sv) n, hemland (sv) n
• Tagalog: inang bayan, patriya
• Tajik: ватан (tg) (vatan), меҳан (tg) (mehan)
• Tatar: ватан (tt) (watan)
• Thai: มาตุภูมิ (maa-dtù-puum), บ้านเมือง (th) (bâan-mʉʉang), ปิตุภูมิ (bpì-dtù-puum)
• Turkish: memleket (tr), ana vatan (tr)
• Turkmen: watan
• Ukrainian: ба́тьківщина (uk) f (bátʹkivščyna), вітчи́зна (uk) f (vitčýzna)
• Urdu: وَطَن (ur) m (vatan), مادَرِ وَطَن m (mādar-i vatan)
• Uyghur: ۋەتەن (weten)
• Uzbek: vatan (uz)
• Vietnamese: quê hương (vi), tổ quốc (vi) (祖國)
• Yiddish: מוטערלאַנד n (muterland)

the country of one's birth

• Armenian: հայրենիք (hy) (hayrenikʻ)
• Czech: vlast (cs) f
• Danish: fædreland n, fødeland (da) n
• Dutch: geboorteland (nl) n
• Faroese: móðurland n
• Finnish: synnyinmaa (fi)
• Greek: πατρίδα (el) f (patrída)

  Ancient: πατρίς f (patrís)

• Hungarian: szülőföld (hu)
• Indonesian: tanah kelahiran
• Japanese: 母国 (ja) (ぼこく, bokoku), 本国 (ja) (ほんごく, hongoku)
• Latin: patria (la) f
• Latvian: dzimtene f
• Macedonian: родина f (rodina), татковина f (tatkovina)
• Maori: whenua matua
• Ottoman Turkish: وطن (vatan)
• Polish: macierz (pl) f, ojczyzna (pl) f
• Portuguese: pátria (pt) f, pátria-mãe f
• Russian: ро́дина (ru) f (ródina)
• Swedish: fosterland (sv) n
• Tagalog: inang bayan, patriya
• Yiddish: מוטערלאַנד n (muterland)

country of origin

• Armenian: հայրենիք (hy) (hayrenikʻ)
• Danish: fædreland n, hjemland (da) n
• Dutch: land van oorsprong n
• Faroese: móðurland n
• Finnish: kotimaa (fi)
• Indonesian: tanah air
• Japanese: 故国 (ja) (ここく, kokoku)
• Kapampangan: indung balen, indung gabun
• Latvian: dzimtene f
• Macedonian: татковина f (tatkovina), родина f (rodina)
• Malay: tanah air (ms)
• Maori: whenua tupu
• Ottoman Turkish: وطن (vatan)
• Polish: macierz (pl) f, ojczyzna (pl) f
• Portuguese: país de origem m
• Russian: ро́дина (ru) f (ródina)
• Swedish: moderland (sv) n, fosterland (sv) n
• Tagalog: inang bayan, patriya
• Yiddish: מוטערלאַנד n (muterland)

mother country in contrast to its colonies

• Danish: moderland (da) n
• Dutch: moederland (nl)
• Faroese: móðurland n
• Finnish: emämaa (fi)
• German: Mutterland (de) n
• Hungarian: anyaország (hu)
• Macedonian: матична земја f (matična zemja)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: moderland n

  Nynorsk: moderland n

• Portuguese: metrópole (pt) f
• Russian: ро́дина (ru) f (ródina)
• Swedish: moderland (sv) n
• Turkish: ana yurt (tr), ana vatan (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Albanian: ^{(please verify)} atdhe (sq), ^{(please verify)} mëmëdhe (sq)
• German: ^{(please verify)} Mutterland (de)
• Gujarati: ^{(please verify)} સ્વદેશ (svadeś)
• Hindi: ^{(please verify)} मातृभूमि (hi) (mātŕbhūmi), ^{(please verify)} मूलनिवास (mūlnivās), ^{(please verify)} स्वदेश (hi) (svadeś)
• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} móðurl
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} madrepatria (it) f
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} mater (la) f, ^{(please verify)} altrix f
• Malayalam: ^{(please verify)} മാതൃഭൂമി (ml) (mātr̥bhūmi)
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} Madre Patria

Anagrams

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