Motherland
From Academic Kids
- For other uses, see Motherland (disambiguation).
Motherland means a mother country in contrast to its colonies, or the origin of an ethnic minority. This usage is sometimes seen also in English, maybe more often in Social science.
Motherland is otherwise a synonym for fatherland, though perhaps carrying different psychological associations.
In other languages:
- German: Mutterland
- Polish: Macierz
- Portuguese: Pátria-mãe
- Spanish: Madre Patria
- Greek: Μαμά-Πατρίδαde:Mutterland
