Meanings
nounfatherland (plural fatherlands)
plural fatherlands
- The country of one's birth, origin.
Lenin frequently expressed himself on these lines before and during the War; he quoted with emphasis the famous saying that the working man has no fatherland, and believed it quite literally.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 404
Synonyms & antonyms
Similar
nounthe country where you were born
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek πατρίς, πάτρᾱ
- πατρίς (patrís)country of one's ancestry
- πάτρᾱ (pátrā)country of one's ancestry
Arabic وطن
- وطن (waṭan)country of one's ancestry
Basque aberri
- aberricountry of one's ancestry
Bengali ওয়াতন
- ওয়াতন (ōẇaton)country of one's ancestry
Bulgarian та́тковина
- та́тковина (tátkovina)country of one's ancestry
Catalan pàtria
- pàtriacountry of one's ancestry
Chinese Mandarin 祖國 /祖国
- 祖國 /祖国 (zǔguó)country of one's ancestry
Czech otčina, vlast
- otčinacountry of one's ancestry
- vlastcountry of one's ancestry
- domovinacountry of one's ancestry
Danish fædreland
- fædrelandcountry of one's ancestry
Dutch vaderland
- vaderlandcountry of one's ancestry
Esperanto patrujo
- patrujocountry of one's ancestry
Estonian isamaa
- isamaacountry of one's ancestry
Finnish isänmaa
- isänmaacountry of one's ancestry
French patrie
- patriecountry of one's ancestry
German Vaterland
- Vaterlandcountry of one's ancestry
Greek πατρίδα
- πατρίδα (patrída)country of one's ancestry
Hindi जन्मभूमि, वतन
- जन्मभूमि (janmabhūmi)country of one's ancestry
- वतन (vatan)country of one's ancestry
- स्वदेश (svadeś)country of one's ancestry
Hungarian anyaföld, szülőföld
- anyaföldcountry of one's ancestry
- szülőföldcountry of one's ancestry
Icelandic ættjörð, ættland
- ættjörðcountry of one's ancestry
- ættlandcountry of one's ancestry
- föðurlandcountry of one's ancestry
Irish athartha, tír dhúchais
- atharthacountry of one's ancestry
- tír dhúchaiscountry of one's ancestry
Italian patria, paese
- patriacountry of one's ancestry
- paesecountry of one's ancestry
- suolo natiocountry of one's ancestry
Japanese 祖国
- 祖国 (sokoku)country of one's ancestry
Latin patria
- patriacountry of one's ancestry
Latvian tēvija, tēvzeme
- tēvijacountry of one's ancestry
- tēvzemecountry of one's ancestry
- dzimtenecountry of one's ancestry
Lithuanian tėvynė
- tėvynėcountry of one's ancestry
Māori whenua matua
- whenua matuacountry of one's ancestry
Norwegian fedreland
- fedrelandcountry of one's ancestry
Persian میهن
- میهن (mihan)country of one's ancestry
Polish ojczyzna, macierz
- ojczyznacountry of one's ancestry
- macierzcountry of one's ancestry
Portuguese pátria
- pátriacountry of one's ancestry
Romanian patrie
- patriecountry of one's ancestry
Russian оте́чество, ро́дина
- оте́чество (otéčestvo)country of one's ancestry
- ро́дина (ródina)country of one's ancestry
Slovak otčina, domovina
- otčinacountry of one's ancestry
- domovinacountry of one's ancestry
- vlasťcountry of one's ancestry
Spanish patria
- patriacountry of one's ancestry
Swedish fosterland, fädernesland
- fosterlandcountry of one's ancestry
- fäderneslandcountry of one's ancestry
Turkish ana vatan
- ana vatancountry of one's ancestry
Ukrainian ба́тьківщи́на
- ба́тьківщи́на (bátʹkivščýna)country of one's ancestry
Welsh tadwlad
- tadwladcountry of one's ancestry
Yiddish פֿאָטערלאַנד
- פֿאָטערלאַנד (foterland)country of one's ancestry
Cite this entry
APA
fatherland. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fatherland
MLA
“fatherland.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fatherland. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fatherland,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fatherland.
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