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Vinony

fatherland

noun

  1. the nation of one's 'fathers', 'forefathers', or 'patriarchs', sometimes used in nationalist contexts
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Wiktionary

noun

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

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