Synonyms for fatherland
ˈfɑ ðərˌlændfa·ther·land

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1. fatherlandnoun

   Synonyms:
   homeland, motherland, sireland

2. fatherlandnoun

   The country of one's ancestors.

   Synonyms:
   sireland, motherland, homeland

3. fatherlandnoun

   The country of one's birth, origin.

   Synonyms:
   homeland, sireland, motherland

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1. fatherland, homeland, motherland, mother country, country of origin, native landnoun

   the country where you were born

   Synonyms:
   motherland, homeland, native land, country of origin, mother country

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1. List of paraphrases for "fatherland":

   homeland, patrie, motherland, patria

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1. Jenny Capador:

   It wasn't him : I'm 100 % sure of the innocence of my brother and his comrades, my brother is an honorable man, he's always been an excellent brother, son and father to his two sons. He served 20 years in the Army, since he was 18. He had a dream of being a warrior, of serving the fatherland and help our country achieve peace.

2. Carlos Rotondaro:

   I'm not a traitor, I'm loyal to fatherland, my oath (of military service) did not include defending a corrupt and inept government.

3. Helen Keller:

   I look upon the whole world as my fatherland, and every war has to me the horror of a family fued.

4. James Joyce:

   I will tell you what I will do and what I will not do. I will not serve that in which I no longer believe, whether it call itself my home, my fatherland, or my church: and I will try to express myself in some mode of life or art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can, using for my defense the only arms I allow myself to use --silence, exile and cunning.

5. Horace:

   It is not the rich man you should properly call happy, but him who knows how to use with wisdom the blessings of the gods, to endure hard poverty, and who fears dishonor worse than death, and is not afraid to die for cherished friends or fatherland.