Mother-country synonyms

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fatherland
One's native land.
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motherland
One's native land or, sometimes, the land of one's ancestors
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native-land
Alternative term for native soil
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native country
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homeland
A country or region into which people of a specified group have relocated or may relocate, regarded as their ancestral land
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old-country
The country of origin of an immigrant or of a person of immigrant descent.
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country (related)
An area or expanse outside cities and towns; a rural area:
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nation (related)
The people of a territory united under a single government; country
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native-soil
(Idiomatic, as pertaining to animals, plants, things, ideas, etc.) Source, place of origin, principal location, or natural habitat.
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the old country
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country-of-origin
(International trade) The country in which the last stage of substantial transformation of goods occurred.
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Find another word for mother-country. In this page you can discover 11 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for mother-country, like: fatherland, motherland, native-land, native country, homeland, old-country, country, nation, native-soil, the old country and country-of-origin.
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Mother-country Sentence Examples

  • The trouble was soon complicated by the conflict with the mother country.

  • Sugar-works were established, and considerable quantities of the produce exported to the mother country.

  • But the government of Bombay had hurried on a rupture with the Mahratta confederacy at a time when France was on the point of declaring war against England, and when the mother-country found herself unable to subdue her rebellious colonists in America.

  • An accredited team of bowlers from the mother country visited Canada in 1906, and was accorded a royal welcome.

  • Up to the end of the 19th century, little was thought of any locally-raised or locally-provided defensive forces, the mother-country being relied upon.

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