Old-country synonyms

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old-world
Designating or of a group of animals or plants native to the Eastern Hemisphere, esp. Eurasia and Africa
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birthplace
The place where someone is born or where something originates.
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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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fatherland
One's native land.
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homeland
(South Africa, historical) An area set aside for black South Africans under the policy of apartheid.
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mother-country
The country of one's birth or one's ancestors.
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motherland
One's native land.
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native-land
Alternative term for native soil
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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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one's native soil
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native country
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Find another word for old-country. In this page you can discover 11 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for old-country, like: old-world, birthplace, country-of-origin, fatherland, homeland, mother-country, motherland, native-land, native-soil, one's native soil and native country.
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Old-country Sentence Examples

  • Lower Euclid Avenue (the old country road to Euclid, 0., and Erie, Pa.) is given up to commercial uses; the eastern part of the avenue has handsome houses with spacious and beautifully ornamented grounds, and is famous as one of the finest residence streets in the country.

  • Emigrants who have been successful in business return in order to end their days in the old country.

  • Germany also accepted it by the treaty of 1868 between the United States and the North German Confederation, now in force for the German empire, subject to provisions that the emigrant's fixing his domicile in the old country shall be deemed a renunciation of his naturalization in the new, and that his living in the.

  • Between the United States and Great Britain the convention of the 13th of May 1870 provides that naturalization in either is to be valid for all purposes immediately on its completion, but that if the resident shall renew his residence in his old country he may be readmitted to his old nationality, on his application and on such conditions as the readmitting government may impose.

  • p. 356) adopt the view that the Naturalization Act 1870 makes the naturalized person a full British subject, only to be treated in his old country in accordance with the international principles recognized by the British executive.

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