fatherland
Sign in to savethumb|280px|Liberty Leading the People by [[Eugène Delacroix personifies the French motherland.]] A homeland is a place where a national or ethnic identity has formed. The definition can also mean simply one's country of birth. When used as a proper noun, the Homeland, as well as its equivalents in other languages, often has ethnic nationalist connotations. A homeland may also be referred to as a fatherland, a motherland, or a mother country, depending on the culture and language of the nationality in question.
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A fatherland is a term for one's homeland—the place where a national or ethnic identity has formed or where someone was born. The term, like related words such as "motherland," varies by culture and language, and can carry ethnic nationalist meanings when used formally as a proper noun.
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12 sectionsContents
- Motherland
- Fatherland
- Other groups that refer to their native country as a "fatherland"
- Romance languages
- Multiple references to parental forms
- In Hebrew
- Uses by country
- Land of one's home
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|280px|Liberty Leading the People by [[Eugène Delacroix personifies the French motherland.]] A homeland is a place where a national or ethnic identity has formed. The definition can also mean simply one's country of birth. When used as a proper noun, the Homeland, as well as its equivalents in other languages, often has ethnic nationalist connotations. A homeland may also be referred to as a fatherland, a motherland, or a mother country, depending on the culture and language of the nationality in question.
== Motherland ==