English Explanatory Dictionary

fatherland

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The country of one's ancestors.
  2. The country of one's birth, origin.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fatherland.wav

Word forms

fatherland fatherlands

Etymology

From father + land. Compare Dutch vaderland (“fatherland”), German Vaterland (“fatherland”), Danish fædreland (“fatherland”), Icelandic föðurland (“fatherland”).

Synonyms

homeland motherland sire-land

Derived words

fatherlandish

Translations

Albanian: atdhe Arabic: وطن Armenian: հայրենիք Aromanian: pãtridã Asturian: patria Avar: ватӏан Azerbaijani: ana yurdu Azerbaijani: vətən Basque: aberri Belarusian: радзі́ма Belarusian: спа́дчына Bengali: ওয়াতন Bulgarian: та́тковина Catalan: pàtria Chinese Mandarin: 祖國 /祖国 Czech: otčina Czech: vlast Czech: domovina Danish: fædreland Dutch: vaderland Esperanto: patrujo Estonian: isamaa Faroese: ættarland Faroese: fosturland Faroese: føðiland Faroese: heimland Faroese: móðurland Finnish: isänmaa French: patrie West-Frisian: heitelân Galician: patria Georgian: სამშობლო Georgian: მამული German: Vaterland Greek: πατρίδα Ancient Greek: πατρίς Ancient Greek: πάτρᾱ Hindi: जन्मभूमि Hindi: वतन Hindi: स्वदेश Hungarian: anyaföld Hungarian: szülőföld Icelandic: ættjörð Icelandic: ættland Icelandic: föðurland Ido: naskolando Ido: patrio Irish: athartha Irish: tír dhúchais Italian: patria Italian: paese Italian: suolo natio Japanese: 祖国 Kazakh: атамекен Kazakh: отан Central Kurdish: نیشتیمان Latin: patria Latvian: tēvija Latvian: tēvzeme Latvian: dzimtene Lithuanian: tėvynė Livonian: izāmō
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