Fatherland

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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