fatherland|fatherlands in English

noun

homeland, native land, land of one's ancestors

Use "fatherland|fatherlands" in a sentence

1. [We] request the Government to firmly defend our Fatherland.

2. You are the life of the fatherland, you boys.

3. He also wrote for the dissident bulletin To Quoc (Fatherland).

4. Commander of Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 3rd class.

5. End of June 1990, the department stores were emptied our socialist Fatherland.

6. But once more we were about to celebrate the anniversary of our socialist Fatherland.

7. Every square meter, which we defend, is part of the heart of our fatherland.

8. This constitution must guarantee the rights of labor, of family and of the fatherland.

9. At the end of June 1990 the shops of our socialist Fatherland were emptied.

10. It gave him a fatherland, which he could carry about with him when his own land was lost.”

11. He is a member of the editorial board of To Quoc (Fatherland) Review, an underground pro-democracy publication.

12. A combination, as of events or circumstances: "the power that lies in the Conjuncture of faith and fatherland"

13. All seats were won by the Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland, under the control of the Worker's Party.

14. In exile I sacredly observe The custom of my fatherland: I freedom to a Birdlet give On Spring's holiday serene

15. Nguyen Xuan Nghia, 62, is a journalist, novelist, poet, and editorial board member of the underground democracy bulletin, To Quoc (Fatherland).

16. A combination, as of events or circumstances: "the power that lies in the Conjuncture of faith and fatherland" (Conor Cruise O'Brien)

17. One of these stones shows the admiralty's arms, with the crossed anchors and an abbreviation of its motto Pugno Pro Patria ("I fight for the fatherland").

18. In the Netherlands, William is known as the Vader des Vaderlands, "Father of the Fatherland", and the Dutch national anthem, the Wilhelmus, was written in his honour.

19. The Bartered Bride has become a worldwide favorite since its 1870 premiere and is presented with almost as much frequency as Smetana’s symphonic favorite “My Fatherland” (“Ma Vlast”)

20. The Encyclopedia Americana (1956) says: “Love of fatherland and pride in one’s country are the keynotes of most national anthems, and in many, religious feeling is blended with patriotic sentiment.”

21. Luther was a patriotic German who was for ever Bewailing the disintegration of the Fatherland; Zwingli was full of plans for confederations of Swiss cantons with South German cities, which could not fail to …

22. Word Origin late 16th cent.: from French Compatriote, from late Latin compatriota (translating Greek sumpatriōtēs), from com-‘together with’ + patriota ‘fellow countryman’, from Greek patriōtēs, from patrios ‘of one's fathers’, from patris ‘fatherland’.

23. I have just told the former Kaiser that the Führer has, under strict conditions, and for the good of the Fatherland, agreed to bring him back from exile to take up his throne once more in Berlin.

24. Today, we remember the Nigerian workers, who were massacred at Iva Valley Coal mines, gunned down at Burutu, Bludgeoned and buffeted in many other parts of the country as they fought for the untrammelled freedom and prosperity of their fatherland.

25. In the circulating currencies of 5, 10, 20 and 50 Ariary, the coins have been using a different motto according to the years of issue: MOTTO ‘A’ is “TANINDRAZANA - TOLOM-PIAVOTANA-FAHAFAHANA”, it means “Fatherland-Revolution-Liberty”