fatherland

3 definitions found

fatherland - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Motherland \Moth"er*land`\, n.
     The country of one's ancestors; -- same as fatherland.
     [1913 Webster]

  Fatherland \Fa"ther*land"\, n. [Imitated fr. D. vaderland. See
     Father, and Land.]
     One's native land; the native land of one's fathers or
     ancestors.
     [1913 Webster]

fatherland - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  fatherland
      n 1: the country where you were born [syn: fatherland,
           homeland, motherland, mother country, country of origin
           , native land]