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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
Last month, Casa De Paz received a call from a Venezuelan man in Denver requesting a plane ticket to Colombia, the nearest country to his motherland with a direct U.S. flight.
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Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, The Denver Post, 12 Jan. 2025
Never was Nashville mentioned — this, despite its status as a true motherland of the Movement.
—Andrea Williams, The Tennessean, 14 June 2024
Playing the stony henchman who very gradually emits flickers of affection for his reluctant mark has brought the actor, already famous in his motherland, international visibility and a place in the awards conversation.
—Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Dec. 2024
Since then, Putin has sought instead to rally the public to the defense of a motherland besieged by the perfidious and cunning West.
—Leon Aron, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 2024
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Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, The Denver Post, 12 Jan. 2025
Never was Nashville mentioned — this, despite its status as a true motherland of the Movement.
—Andrea Williams, The Tennessean, 14 June 2024
Playing the stony henchman who very gradually emits flickers of affection for his reluctant mark has brought the actor, already famous in his motherland, international visibility and a place in the awards conversation.
—Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Dec. 2024
Since then, Putin has sought instead to rally the public to the defense of a motherland besieged by the perfidious and cunning West.
—Leon Aron, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for motherland
Noun
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Perfect justice is illusory because our parents or birthplace are serendipitous.—
Bruce Fein,
Baltimore Sun,
16 Jan. 2025
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Liverpool This English maritime city is usually known as the Beatles' birthplace, but also offers a dopamine boost for travelers.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA TODAY,
14 Jan. 2025
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The new potential hazard puts the very homes that survived the fires at risk again.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA TODAY,
27 Jan. 2025
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While many people initially were concerned about Grammy attendees taking hotel rooms from locals who’d lost their homes, as of last week, local hotels were at just 30% occupancy, according to the city’s head of tourism for the Marketing District and the CEO of the Convention and Visitors Bureau.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2025
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Fell says the project is especially interested in Woodstock’s place in the Catskill Mountains, a former summer refuge for New York’s Jewish vacationers and a cradle of Borscht Belt comedy.—
Phillip Valys,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Jan. 2025
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Or in his woodshop finishing a cradle for a great-grandchild.—
Rachel Dobkin,
Newsweek,
9 Jan. 2025
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With striking rustic country vistas and cozy fireplaces lit around every corner, this hotel is one of the best new offerings to open outside of New York in years, and is perfect for a dead-of-winter retreat.—
Ariel Okin,
Vogue,
22 Jan. 2025
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By 1997, when 84 countries signed the Kyoto Protocol to curb global greenhouse gas emissions, the oil industry had built an effective apparatus for actively discrediting climate science and opposing policies and actions that could help slow climate change.—
Joe Árvai,
The Conversation,
22 Jan. 2025
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The Catalan newspaper cited a report from an outlet in the player's homeland Colombia, Antena 2, which used anonymous sources.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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In December, Syrian President Bashar Assad was ousted from power early in a bloodless coup by Islamist rebels who took control of Damascus, the Syrian capital, after a 13-year civil war that has caused more than 500,000 deaths and forced millions of Syrians to leave their homeland.—
Addie Morfoot,
Variety,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Motherland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motherland. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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