ur-homeland
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ur- + homeland, a partial calque of German Urheimat.
Noun
[edit]ur-homeland (plural ur-homelands)
- An original homeland, territory, or habitat.
- 2009, Douglas T. McGetchin, Indology, Indomania, and Orientalism:
- At the beginning of the previous century those who first ardently abandoned themselves to these studies believed that one would rediscover the Ur-language, the Ur-wisdom, the Ur-religion, even the Ur-culture and Ur-homeland of our Aryan ancestors in India.
- 2011, Tomi Mäkelä, Jean Sibelius:
- His own homeland was not enough, since it already represented a modern, depraved civilisation, according to this author, unfortunately the ur-homeland of humanity existed only in distant, foreign lands (which should not be too hastily equated with exoticism).