Fatherland - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Fatherland : (noun)

1: the country where you were born [syn: homeland, motherland, mother country, country of origin, native land]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Motherland \Moth"er*land`\, n. The country of one's ancestors; -- same as fatherland.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

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.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)