Ur-homeland

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An original homeland, territory, or habitat.

    "At the beginning of the previous century those who first ardently abandoned themselves to these studies believed that one would rediscover the Ur-language, the Ur-wisdom, the Ur-religion, even the Ur-culture and Ur-homeland of our Aryan ancestors in India."

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urheimat

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"At the beginning of the previous century those who first ardently abandoned themselves to these studies believed that one would rediscover the Ur-language, the Ur-wisdom, the Ur-religion, even the Ur-culture and Ur-homeland of our Aryan ancestors in India."

Etymology

From ur- + homeland, a partial calque of German Urheimat.

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