motherland

Example Sentences

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“I’m standing there, a young officer, and I say, ‘I’m defending the motherland,’” Poltava recalled.

From New York Times

“They are ready to honor their duty to the motherland according to the specialization they trained for, not as assault infantry.”

From Washington Post

It too has been a cheerleader for Africa - singing about the beauty of the continent, boasting of its natural resources while calling for people in the diaspora to return to the motherland.

From BBC

In Chinese President Xi Jinping's New Year address the day before, he said the complete unification of "the motherland" was an aspiration shared by people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.

From Reuters

Xi said the complete unification of "the motherland" was an aspiration shared by people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, referring to the self-ruled island of Taiwan which it considers "sacred" territory.

From Reuters