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Etymology

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From father +‎ land. Compare Dutch vaderland (fatherland), German Vaterland (fatherland), Danish fædreland (fatherland), Icelandic föðurland (fatherland).

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Noun

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fatherland (plural fatherlands)

  1. The country of one's ancestors.
  2. The country of one's birth, origin.

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