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as in birthplace
a place of origin
for many oenophiles, France remains the motherland of fine wines
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as in home
the land of one's birth, residence, or citizenship
all his life he longed to return to his motherland
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Recent Examples of motherland
The film issues a blanket call to action across its generous runtime, essentially urging frustrated and aggrieved Chinese citizens to return home to the welcoming embrace of the motherland.
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James Marsh, Deadline, 31 Jan. 2025
May our great motherland enjoy harmony and prosperity!
—Brett Tingley, Space.com, 29 Jan. 2025
While most fans would expect the Serbian player to exercise his nationalism by picking something from his motherland, but Jordan stated that’s sometimes not the case.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 17 Jan. 2025
Despite what Russian President may tell the Russian public during his monotonous press conferences and New Year's Day speeches, everything isn't going well in the motherland.
—Maya Mehrara, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
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James Marsh, Deadline, 31 Jan. 2025
May our great motherland enjoy harmony and prosperity!
—Brett Tingley, Space.com, 29 Jan. 2025
While most fans would expect the Serbian player to exercise his nationalism by picking something from his motherland, but Jordan stated that’s sometimes not the case.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 17 Jan. 2025
Despite what Russian President may tell the Russian public during his monotonous press conferences and New Year's Day speeches, everything isn't going well in the motherland.
—Maya Mehrara, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for motherland
Noun
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The country is also the birthplace of bubble tea, now a global phenomenon.—
Iona Brannon,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Apr. 2025
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New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans is the undisputed birthplace of jazz, where the genre was created by the same cross-cultural collisions that brought us gumbo and Mardi Gras.—
Nicholas DeRenzo,
AFAR Media,
21 Mar. 2025
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More than half a dozen tornadoes have been confirmed, including one in Marshall County, Oklahoma, that left two homes completely destroyed and damaged about 20 others.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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According to the lawsuit, the leak caused gas to seep into nearby homes and businesses unchecked through the air and top soil — including the Cunningham home a block away — for more than 3 1/2 hours.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
22 Apr. 2025
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Lina Zeldovich November 6, 2018 The cradle of civilization may not support our civilization anymore.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
22 Apr. 2025
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Soon, a humble little rock cradle appears, painstakingly assembled and fiercely defended.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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It's been just a tremendous loser for this country.—
Bonnie Bolden,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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Employers in host countries benefit from a steady stream of cheap labor to work their bars, coffee machines and ski resorts.—
Frey Lindsay,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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But Machold insists that homeland security also became a bundle of assumptions and methods that could be exported.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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Vatican Pool/Getty Images Argentina's president sent profound condolences to the family of Pope Francis and to all Catholics in a message posted to X from the pontiff's homeland.—
Carrie Kahn,
NPR,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Motherland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motherland. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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