motherland

/ˈmʌðɚˌlænd/

noun 4

Collocations

ADJ.

beloved, debilitating, greater, loved

VERB + MOTHERLAND

love, protect, sell

MOTHERLAND + NOUN

hockey, ice, something

PREP.

in, out, than, with

ADV.

everywhere

noun

The country of one's ancestors.

The country of one's birth.

Country of origin.

Mother country in contrast to its colonies.

noun — the country where you were born

I love my motherland.

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We are determined to protect the motherland.

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It's spring everywhere in the motherland.

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Mother and motherland are greater than heaven.

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Canada is the motherland of ice hockey.

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Lest the maturing children implement designs trailblazing and unequalled, the ample nipples of their motherland burst with debilitating liquor.

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