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For other uses, see Motherland (disambiguation).
"Mother country" redirects here. For Libby Purves novel, see Mother Country (novel). Mother Country ( 2002) is a novel by Libby Purves about a young American computer expert who goes in search of the relatives of his biological mother a

Motherland is a term that may refer to a mother country, i. e. the place of one's birth, the place of origin of an ethnic group or immigrant, or a Metropole in contrast to its colonies. Immigration refers to the movement of people among countries While the movement of people has existed throughout human history at various levels modern immigration implies long-term The metropole, from the Greek Metropolis 'mother city' (polis being a city state hence also used for any colonizing 'mother country' in ecclesiastical languages an archbishopric having This article is about a type of political territory For other uses see Colony (disambiguation. This usage is sometimes seen in English, maybe more often in the social sciences. The social sciences comprise academic disciplines concerned with the study of the social life of human groups and individuals including Anthropology, Communication studies

Motherland is synonymous with the concept of fatherland, although perhaps carrying different psychological and cultural associations. Fatherland is the nation of one's "fathers" " Forefathers " or "patriarchs" Psychology (from Greek grc ψῡχή psȳkhē, "breath life soul" and grc -λογία -logia) is an Academic and Culture (from the Latin cultura stemming from colere, meaning "to cultivate" generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic From the earliest of times the Earth, and thereby the land, usually was depicted as a mother. Among the earliest of human records, the Ancient Egyptians began the tradition of describing their country as a motherland and even today, often the imagery or personification of a country depicts the gender of the concept for each, for example, Australia, Britannia, Colombia, España, Germania, America, India, and many more. Ancient Egypt was an Ancient Civilization in eastern North Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now Personification is an ontological metaphor in which a thing or abstraction is represented as a person For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Britannia was the term originally used by the Romans to refer first to the British Isles, and later to the island of Great Britain. Colombia (kəˈlʌmbɪə officially the Republic of Colombia () is a country in northwestern South America. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Germania is the Allegory of the German Nation or the Germans as whole most commonly associated with the Romantic Era and the Revolutions The United States of America —commonly referred to as the India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Languages usually display the gender differences of the concept in most countries.

The term "Motherland" is very often applied to Russia, and many Russians around the world refer to Russia as their motherland. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending

In Spanish-speaking countries Madre Patria can refer to the speaker's own home country, or be understood as a general reference to Spain (Madre Patria).

The term, motherland, especially has the connotation of one's country of birth and growing up, with the country respectfully being viewed as a benign mother, nurturing the citizens as her children.

See also: Mother tongue

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Fatherland is the nation of one's "fathers" " Forefathers " or "patriarchs" A homeland (rel Country of origin and native land) is the concept of the territory ( Cultural geography) to which an Ethnic group

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motherland

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  1. The country of one's ancestors.
  2. The country of one's birth.
  3. Country of origin.
  4. Mother country in contrast to its colonies.
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