Synonyms for fatherland


Grammar : Noun
Spell : fah-th er-land
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɑ ðərˌlænd


Définition of fatherland

Origin :
  • 1620s, from father (n.) + land (n.). In modern use often a loan-translation of German Vaterland, itself a loan-translation of Latin patria (terra), literally "father's land." Late Old English/Middle English fæderland (c.1100) meant "parental land, inheritance."
  • noun homeland
Example sentences :
  • The plains were fatherland and mother-country, home and kindred, to Tom.
  • Extract from : « The Village Watch-Tower » by (AKA Kate Douglas Riggs) Kate Douglas Wiggin
  • There, in his fatherland, he will exhibit his own type of Christianity.
  • Extract from : « Slavery Ordained of God » by Rev. Fred A. Ross, D.D.
  • In the meantime both my brothers have died fighting for the Fatherland.
  • Extract from : « Blood and Iron » by John Hubert Greusel
  • So that, by reason of their fatherland, each several citizen can live at quiet and secure.
  • Extract from : « Hiero » by Xenophon
  • And herein it is open to us to praise both his fatherland and his family.
  • Extract from : « Agesilaus » by Xenophon
  • He did not want to arrive a day too late to serve his fatherland.
  • Extract from : « Agesilaus » by Xenophon
  • How can such folk be other than sorry friends and ill defenders of the fatherland?
  • Extract from : « The Economist » by Xenophon
  • The courts, the bar, the bench of our fatherland, are shut to us!
  • Extract from : « The Wild Geese » by Stanley John Weyman
  • Let us now turn to the Zoroastrians who had remained behind in their fatherland.
  • Extract from : « Les Parsis » by D. Menant
  • But the Saints who are in our Fatherland are not capable of making satisfaction.
  • Extract from : « On Prayer and The Contemplative Life » by St. Thomas Aquinas

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