motherland
pronunciation
How to pronounce motherland in British English:
UK [ˈmʌðəlænd]
How to pronounce motherland in American English:
US [ˈmʌðərlænd]
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- Noun:
- the country where you were born
Word Origin
- motherland (n.)
- 1711, from mother (n.1) + land (n.).
Example
- 1. We must safeguard our motherland .
- 2. The growing interest of overseas chinese in their motherland is certainly being reciprocated .
- 3. For 47 years soldiers have been accomplishing complex tasks and protecting our motherland .
- 4. His brothers and sisters moved to kazakhstan and he refused to leave his motherland .
- 5. Also tugging some chinese companies home is the not-inconsiderable pull of the motherland .