Associations to the word «Fatherland»

Wiktionary

FATHERLAND, noun. The country of one's ancestors.
FATHERLAND, noun. The country of one's birth, origin.

Dictionary definition

FATHERLAND, noun. The country where you were born.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats