Meaning

4 senses
  1. The country of one's ancestors.

    Vaterland

    ро́динаródina, отчи́знаotčízna, оте́чествоotéčestvo

    ба́тьківщинаbátʹkivščyna, вітчи́знаvitčýzna

    the country where you were born

  2. The country of one's birth.

    Heimat, Heimatland

    ро́динаródina

    ба́тьківщинаbátʹkivščyna

  3. Country of origin.

    ро́динаródina

  4. Mother country in contrast to its colonies.

    Mutterland

    ро́динаródina

Examples

14 sentences
  1. A motherland is something you can't choose.

    Батьківщину не обирають. — shanghainese

  2. It's spring everywhere in the motherland.

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  3. We are determined to protect the motherland.

  4. Mother and motherland are greater than heaven.

    ruМать и родина дороже небесного царства. — Lenin_1917

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  5. Canada is the motherland of ice hockey.

    ruКанада - родина хоккея на льду. — averoes

    deKanada ist das Mutterland des Eishockeys. — Valodnieks

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
the country of one's ancestors:
Русский
By meaning 1
the country of one's ancestors:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
the country of one's ancestors:
the country of one's birth:
mother country in contrast to its colonies:

Forms

plural: motherlands

Synonyms

5 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
motherland — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto