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father·land (-land′)

noun

  1. a person's native land or country
  2. the land or country of one's ancestors

Etymology: prob. < Du vaderland, Ger vaterland

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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