| Main Entry: | homeland |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fatherland |
Synonyms: |
home, motherland, the old country |
| Main Entry: | country |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | political territory; nation |
Synonyms: |
citizenry, citizens, commonwealth, community, constituents, electors, grass roots, homeland, inhabitants, kingdom, land, native land, patria, people, polity, populace, public, realm, region, society, soil, sovereign state, state, terrain, voters |
| Notes: | country really refers to geographical characteristics while nation refers to political and social characteristics; country comes from Latin contrata (terra) 'the landscape in front of one, the landscape lying opposite to the view' and nation is from Latin nation-/natio 'race, class of person' a nation is made up of states - and a country is a nation defined geographically |
| Main Entry: | home |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | birthplace, environment |
Synonyms: |
abode, camping ground, country, element, family, farm, fireside, habitat, habitation, haunt, haven, hearth, hills, home ground, homeland, homestead, hometown, household, land, locality, neck of the woods, neighborhood, range, roof, site, soil, stamping ground, stomping ground, territory |
| Main Entry: | land |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | earth's surface; ownable property |
Synonyms: |
acreage, acres, area, beach, continent, country, countryside, dirt, district, earth, estate, expanse, extent, farming, farmland, field, ground, grounds, holding, home, homeland, loam, mainland, manor, nation, old sod, parcel, plot, province, purlieu, quarry, quinta, ranch, real estate, realty, region, shore, sod, soil, stretch, sweep, terra firma, terrain, territory, tillage, tract |
Antonyms: |
sea, sky |
| Main Entry: | native land |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | one's native country |
Synonyms: |
God's country, birthplace, country of origin, fatherland, home, homeland, mother country, motherland, native soil, old country, old world, terra firma, the old country |
| Main Entry: | old country |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | native land |
Synonyms: |
birthplace, country of origin, fatherland, homeland, mother country, motherland, native country, native land, native soil, old world, one's native soil, the old country |
| Main Entry: | reservation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | habitat for large group |
Synonyms: |
enclave, homeland, preserve, reserve, sanctuary, territory, tract |
| Main Entry: | soil |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | land where one lives |
Synonyms: |
country, home, homeland, homestead, region, spread, terra firma |
| Main Entry: | mother country |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | native land |
Synonyms: |
homeland, motherland, native soil, the old country |
| Main Entry: | country |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun |
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