mother countrynoun [ S ]
uk/ˈmʌð.ə ˌkʌn.tri/us/ˈmʌð.ɚ ˌkʌn.tri/the country where you were born or that you feel is your original home:
Even though she hasn't lived in Spain for 50 years, she still calls it her mother country.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Countries, nationalities & continents: country & nation
- Afro
- citizenship
- compatriot
- countrywide
- homegrown
- homeland
- internation
- land
- motherland
- nation
- nation-state
- national
- offshore
- soil
- South Sudan
- state
- state-controlled
- statehood
- stateless
- subject
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