fatherland

fatherland
fatherland 1620s, from FATHER (Cf. father) + LAND (Cf. land). In modern use often a loan-translation of Ger. Vaterland, itself a loan-translation of L. patria (terra), lit. "father's land." Late O.E./M.E. fæderland (c.1100) meant "parental land, inheritance."

Etymology dictionary. 2014.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу
Synonyms:

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Fatherland — – All Russia (Russian: Отечество – Вся Россия, ОВР) was a political bloc formed in 1999 by the Fatherland and All Russia blocks to take part in the 1999 State Duma election and led by Yevgeny Primakov, Yury Luzhkov and Vladimir Yakovlev. During… …   Wikipedia

  • Fatherland — Fa ther*land , n. [Imitated fr. D. vaderland. See {Father}, and {Land}.] One s native land; the native land of one s fathers or ancestors. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • fatherland — index home (place of origin), nationality Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Fatherland —    Drame de Ken Loach, avec Gerulf Pannach, Fabienne Babe.   Pays: Grande Bretagne   Date de sortie: 1986   Technique: couleurs   Durée: 1 h 50    Résumé    Dritteman, comme l acteur qui l interprète, a quitté la R.D.A. pour la R.F.A. Musicien,… …   Dictionnaire mondial des Films

  • fatherland — [n] homeland home, motherland, native land, the old country; concepts 510,515,648 …   New thesaurus

  • fatherland — ► NOUN ▪ a person s native country …   English terms dictionary

  • fatherland — [fä′thərland΄] n. [prob. < Du vaderland, Ger vaterland] 1. a person s native land or country 2. the land or country of one s ancestors …   English World dictionary

  • Fatherland —  Pour l’article homonyme, voir Fatherland (film).  L Europe sous domination allemande dans le monde de Fatherland Fatherland est un roman policier …   Wikipédia en Français

  • fatherland — [[t]fɑ͟ːðə(r)lænd[/t]] fatherlands N COUNT: usu sing If someone is very proud of the country where they or their ancestors were born, they sometimes refer to it as the fatherland. The word fatherland is particularly associated with Germany. They… …   English dictionary

  • fatherland — Motherland Moth er*land , n. The country of one s ancestors; same as {fatherland}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”