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单词 fatherland
释义

fatherland

noun

fa·​ther·​land ˈfä-t͟hər-ˌland How to pronounce fatherland (audio)
1
: the native land or country of one's father or ancestors
2
: one's native land or country

Synonyms

  • country
  • home
  • homeland
  • mother country
  • motherland
  • sod
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Example Sentences

though they had lived in their adopted country for many years, the immigrant families never broke their ties with the fatherland entirely
Recent Examples on the Web The black wings, the president’s administration and the new elite, don’t dare to fly out over the fatherland . . . Vladimir Sorokin, Harper’s Magazine , 20 July 2022 The Allies turned the highways against the Germans late in the war, quickly flooding the fatherland with men and equipment. Fox News, 18 June 2022 There are many that have to pay a debt to the fatherland. Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2020 There is a strong element of it in the Nazi emphasis on ‘‘blood and soil,’’ and the fatherland, and the need for a living space purified of alien and undesirable elements. Joel Achenbach, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2019 At one point there’s an extravagant expiration montage, as one fictional, suffering Reich martyr after another dies on camera, for the fatherland. Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 10 May 2018 The bond between America’s most substantial ethnic minority and the national sport of their fatherland is as tight as El Tri’s backline. Roy Bragg, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Jan. 2018 Cincinnati was virtually bilingual, with news from the fatherland at one time printed in the native tongue sold to nearly half of the city. Jeff Suess, Cincinnati.com, 27 Sep. 2017 Ever since the Holocaust, generations of Germans have come to uncomfortable terms with their fatherland’s history. Henry Porter, vanityfair.com, 25 Sep. 2017 See More

Word History

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Kids Definition

fatherland

noun

fa·​ther·​land ˈfä-t͟hər-ˌland How to pronounce fatherland (audio)
: the land of a person's birth

fatherland

noun

as in home
the land of one's birth, residence, or citizenship though they had lived in their adopted country for many years, the immigrant families never broke their ties with the fatherland entirely

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • home
  • homeland
  • country
  • motherland
  • sod
  • mother country
  • old country
  • neighborhood
  • community
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