motherland

(mut̸hər land′)

noun

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

See motherland in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. One's native land.
  2. The land of one's ancestors.
  3. A country considered as the origin of something.

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