ur-homeland

plural ur-homelands · alternative Ur-homeland

1. An original homeland, territory, or habitat.

   At the beginning of the previous century those who first ardently abandoned themselves to these studies believed that one would rediscover the Ur-language, the Ur-wisdom, the Ur-religion, even the Ur-culture and Ur-homeland of our Aryan ancestors in India.

   2009, Douglas T. McGetchin, Indology, Indomania, and Orientalism

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   His own homeland was not enough, since it already represented a modern, depraved civilisation, according to this author, unfortunately the ur-homeland of humanity existed only in distant, foreign lands (which should not be too hastily equated with exoticism).

   2011, Tomi Mäkelä, Jean Sibelius

   Synonyms: urheimat