| Main Entry: | birthplace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place of birth |
Synonyms: |
country of origin, fatherland, motherland, native home, native land, one's country, place of origin |
| Main Entry: | cradle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | early childhood; origins |
Synonyms: |
babyhood, beginning, birthplace, fount, fountain, fountainhead, infancy, nativity, nursery, origin, source, spring, ultimate cause, wellspring |
| 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: | roots |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ancestry |
Synonyms: |
background, birthplace, blood, breed, descent, family history, family tree, genealogy, heritage, kindred, line, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, race |
| Main Entry: | source |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginning; point of supply |
Synonyms: |
antecedent, author, authority, authorship, begetter, birthplace, cause, commencement, connection, dawn, dawning, derivation, determinant, expert, father, fount, fountain, fountainhead, horse's mouth, inception, informant, maternity, mother, onset, opening, origin, origination, originator, parent, paternity, provenance, provenience, rise, rising, root, specialist, spring, start, starting point, wellspring |
Antonyms: |
effect, end, result |
| Main Entry: | breeding ground |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | animal breeding area |
Synonyms: |
birth site, birthplace, breeding place, hatchery, rookery |