native land

noun

: the country in which one was born

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Anita, however, refused to set foot in her native land. Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2024 Conservationists think winds from last August’s Hurricane Idalia carried the birds to their native land. Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 11 June 2024 Darren Kiely Space Ballroom, 295 Treadwell St., Hamden Contemporary Irish folk singer/songwriter Darren Kiely comes from County Cork and sells out shows throughout his native land. Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 27 Jan. 2024 Furiosa spends the rest of the movie trying to return to her native land, though she’s occasionally distracted by fantasies of revenge. Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 8 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for native land 

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“Native land.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/native%20land. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.

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