| 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: | 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: | fatherland |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | homeland |
Synonyms: |
home, motherland, native land, the old country |
| Main Entry: | nationality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place of birth |
Synonyms: |
allegiance, body politic, citizenship, community, country, ethnic group, nation, native land, origin, political home, race, society |
| 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: | 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: | country |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun |
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