the old country

noun

: the country where a person was born or lived before moving to a new country
They left the old country more than 30 years ago.
This music reminds me of the old country.

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Time veers at this bucolic Albanian restaurant, Ramiz Kukaj’s loving recreation of the old country. — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 11 May 2026 The truth about being an immigrant parent is, the hard thing is to make sure your children retain some modicum of the old country’s culture. — David Frum, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2026 Numerous Irish pubs and at least one Irish import shop keep the connection to the old country alive for generations that have never left Pennsylvania. — Paula Kane, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2026 Though the sisters are supposedly first-generation Italian American, no whiff of the old country hangs about Kay; Dorothy will at least spit out a few words in Italian. — Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for the old country

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