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mother·land (mut̸h′ər land′)

noun

  1. one's native land or, sometimes, the land of one's ancestors
  2. a country thought of as originator or source

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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