- fatherland
- Motherland Moth"er*land`, n. The country of one's ancestors; -- same as {fatherland}. [1913 Webster]
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Fatherland — – All Russia (Russian: Отечество – Вся Россия, ОВР) was a political bloc formed in 1999 by the Fatherland and All Russia blocks to take part in the 1999 State Duma election and led by Yevgeny Primakov, Yury Luzhkov and Vladimir Yakovlev. During… … Wikipedia
Fatherland — Fa ther*land , n. [Imitated fr. D. vaderland. See {Father}, and {Land}.] One s native land; the native land of one s fathers or ancestors. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fatherland — index home (place of origin), nationality Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
fatherland — 1620s, from FATHER (Cf. father) + LAND (Cf. land). In modern use often a loan translation of Ger. Vaterland, itself a loan translation of L. patria (terra), lit. father s land. Late O.E./M.E. fæderland (c.1100) meant parental land, inheritance … Etymology dictionary
Fatherland — Drame de Ken Loach, avec Gerulf Pannach, Fabienne Babe. Pays: Grande Bretagne Date de sortie: 1986 Technique: couleurs Durée: 1 h 50 Résumé Dritteman, comme l acteur qui l interprète, a quitté la R.D.A. pour la R.F.A. Musicien,… … Dictionnaire mondial des Films
fatherland — [n] homeland home, motherland, native land, the old country; concepts 510,515,648 … New thesaurus
fatherland — ► NOUN ▪ a person s native country … English terms dictionary
fatherland — [fä′thərland΄] n. [prob. < Du vaderland, Ger vaterland] 1. a person s native land or country 2. the land or country of one s ancestors … English World dictionary
Fatherland — Pour l’article homonyme, voir Fatherland (film). L Europe sous domination allemande dans le monde de Fatherland Fatherland est un roman policier … Wikipédia en Français
fatherland — [[t]fɑ͟ːðə(r)lænd[/t]] fatherlands N COUNT: usu sing If someone is very proud of the country where they or their ancestors were born, they sometimes refer to it as the fatherland. The word fatherland is particularly associated with Germany. They… … English dictionary
