fatherland
Example Sentences
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There was nothing else but themselves they could dedicate themselves to—no patria, no fatherland, no nation as yet.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
A new ideology extols the Orthodox Church, the fatherland, the family and the “the spiritual over the material.”
From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2023
"This public holiday marks the inseparability of our centuries-old history, the greatness and glory of the fatherland," Putin told the assembled dignitaries.
From Reuters • Jun. 12, 2023
"For me personally, it's about maintaining the connection with the motherland, the fatherland - whatever you call it," she says.
From BBC • Nov. 9, 2022
Amongst the tales they related to me were those of wars fought by our ancestors in defense of the fatherland.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
