Motherland
//ˈmʌðɚˌlænd//
Translations of "motherland" (79 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian | Troje(the country of one's ancestors), atdhe(the country of one's ancestors), atdhe(the country of one's birth), mëmëdhe(the country of one's ancestors), mëmëdhe(the country of one's birth) | — | |
| Ancient Greek | πατρίς(the country of one's ancestors), πατρίς(the country of one's birth) | patrís, patrís | |
| Arabic | وَطَن(the country of one's ancestors), وَطَن(the country of one's birth) | waṭan, waṭan | |
| Armenian | հայրենիք(the country of one's ancestors), հայրենիք(the country of one's birth), հայրենիք(country of origin) | hayrenikʻ, hayrenikʻ, hayrenikʻ | |
| Azerbaijani | ana vətən(the country of one's ancestors), vətən(the country of one's ancestors) | — | |
| Bashkir | ватан(the country of one's ancestors) | vatan | |
| Belarusian | айчы́на(the country of one's ancestors), ба́цькаўшчына(the country of one's ancestors), ба́цькаўшчына(the country of one's birth), радзі́ма(the country of one's ancestors), радзі́ма(the country of one's birth) | ajčýna, bácʹkawščyna, bácʹkawščyna, radzíma, radzíma | |
| Bengali | ওয়াতন(the country of one's ancestors) | ōẇaton | |
| Bulgarian | оте́чество(the country of one's ancestors), роди́на(the country of one's ancestors), роди́на(the country of one's birth), та́тковина(the country of one's ancestors) | otéčestvo, rodína, rodína, tátkovina | |
| Burmese | အမိမြေ(the country of one's ancestors) | a.mi.mre | |
| Chinese Cantonese | 故國 /故国(the country of one's ancestors), 祖國 /祖国(the country of one's ancestors) | gu³ gwok³, zou² gwok³ | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 故國 /故国(the country of one's ancestors), 祖國 /祖国(the country of one's ancestors) | gùguó, zǔguó | |
| Czech | domovina(the country of one's ancestors), otčina(the country of one's ancestors), vlast(the country of one's ancestors), vlast(the country of one's birth) | — | |
| Danish | fædreland(the country of one's ancestors), fædreland(the country of one's birth), fædreland(country of origin), fødeland(the country of one's birth), hjemland(the country of one's ancestors), hjemland(the country of one's birth), hjemland(country of origin), moderland(the country of one's ancestors), moderland(mother country in contrast to its colonies) | — | |
| Dari | میهَن(the country of one's ancestors), وَطَن(the country of one's ancestors) | mēhan, watan | |
| Dolgan | төрөөбүт һир(the country of one's ancestors) | törööbüt hir | |
| Dutch | geboorteland(the country of one's birth), land van oorsprong(country of origin), moederland(mother country in contrast to its colonies), vaderland(the country of one's ancestors) | — | |
| Esperanto | hejmlando(the country of one's birth), hejmlando(country of origin), metropolo(mother country in contrast to its colonies), patralando(the country of one's birth), patralando(country of origin), patrinlando(the country of one's birth), patrinlando(country of origin), patrujo(the country of one's ancestors), patrujo(the country of one's birth), patrujo(country of origin), patrujo(mother country in contrast to its colonies), ĉeflando(mother country in contrast to its colonies) | — | |
| Estonian | kodumaa(the country of one's ancestors) | — | |
| Faroese | móðurland(the country of one's ancestors), móðurland(the country of one's birth), móðurland(country of origin), móðurland(mother country in contrast to its colonies) | — | |
| Finnish | emämaa(mother country in contrast to its colonies), isänmaa(the country of one's ancestors), kotimaa(country of origin), synnyinmaa(the country of one's birth) | — | |
| French | matrie(the country of one's ancestors), matrie(the country of one's birth), patrie(the country of one's ancestors), patrie(the country of one's birth) | — | |
| Galician | patria(the country of one's ancestors) | — | |
| Georgian | სამშობლო(the country of one's ancestors) | samšoblo | |
| German | Heimat(the country of one's birth), Heimatland(the country of one's birth), Mutterland(mother country in contrast to its colonies), Vaterland(the country of one's ancestors) | — | |
| Greek | πατρίδα(the country of one's ancestors), πατρίδα(the country of one's birth) | patrída, patrída | |
| Hebrew | מוֹלֶדֶת(the country of one's ancestors) | molédet | |
| Hindi | मातृभूमि(the country of one's ancestors), वतन(the country of one's ancestors), स्वदेश(the country of one's ancestors) | mātŕbhūmi, vatan, svadeś | |
| Hungarian | anyaország(mother country in contrast to its colonies), haza(the country of one's ancestors), szülőföld(the country of one's ancestors), szülőföld(the country of one's birth), őshaza(the country of one's ancestors) | — | |
| Icelandic | fósturland(the country of one's ancestors), föðurland(the country of one's ancestors), heimaland(the country of one's ancestors), heimaland(the country of one's birth) | — | |
| Indonesian | tanah air(country of origin), tanah kelahiran(the country of one's birth), tanah leluhur(the country of one's ancestors) | — | |
| Iranian Persian | میهَن(the country of one's ancestors), وَطَن(the country of one's ancestors) | mihan, vatan | |
| Irish | tír dhúchais(the country of one's ancestors) | — | |
| Italian | madrepatria(the country of one's ancestors), patria(the country of one's ancestors), patria(the country of one's birth) | — | |
| Japanese | 故国(country of origin), 本国(the country of one's birth), 母国(the country of one's ancestors), 母国(the country of one's birth), 祖国(the country of one's ancestors) | kokoku, hongoku, bokoku, bokoku, sokoku | |
| Kapampangan | indung balen(country of origin), indung gabun(country of origin) | — | |
| Kazakh | атамекен(the country of one's ancestors), отан(the country of one's ancestors) | atameken, otan | |
| Khmer | មាតុប្រទេស(the country of one's ancestors), មាតុភូមិ(the country of one's ancestors) | miətoprɑɑteih, miətophuum | |
| Korean | 모국(the country of one's ancestors), 모국(the country of one's birth), 조국(the country of one's ancestors) | moguk, moguk, joguk | |
| Kyrgyz | ата мекен(the country of one's ancestors) | ata meken | |
| Lao | ບ້ານເມືອງ(the country of one's ancestors), ມາຕຸພູມ(the country of one's ancestors) | bān mư̄ang, mā tu phūm | |
| Latin | patria(the country of one's ancestors), patria(the country of one's birth) | — | |
| Latvian | dzimtene(the country of one's ancestors), dzimtene(the country of one's birth), dzimtene(country of origin), tēvija(the country of one's ancestors), tēvzeme(the country of one's ancestors) | — | |
| Lithuanian | tėvynė(the country of one's ancestors) | — | |
| Macedonian | дедовина(the country of one's ancestors), матична земја(mother country in contrast to its colonies), родина(the country of one's ancestors), родина(the country of one's birth), родина(country of origin), татковина(the country of one's ancestors), татковина(the country of one's birth), татковина(country of origin) | dedovina, matična zemja, rodina, rodina, rodina, tatkovina, tatkovina, tatkovina | |
| Malay | ibu pertiwi(the country of one's birth), tanah air(the country of one's ancestors), tanah air(country of origin) | — | |
| Malayalam | മാതൃഭൂമി(the country of one's ancestors) | mātr̥bhūmi | |
| Manchu | ᠮᠠᡶᠠ ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ(the country of one's ancestors), ᠮᠠᡶᠠᡵᡳ ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ(the country of one's ancestors) | mafa gurun, mafari gurun | |
| Māori | whenua matua(the country of one's ancestors), whenua matua(the country of one's birth), whenua tupu(country of origin) | — | |
| Mongolian | эх орон(the country of one's ancestors) | ex oron | |
| Norwegian Bokmål | fedreland(the country of one's ancestors), hjemland(the country of one's ancestors), hjemland(the country of one's birth), moderland(the country of one's ancestors), moderland(mother country in contrast to its colonies) | — | |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | fedreland(the country of one's ancestors), heimland(the country of one's ancestors), moderland(the country of one's ancestors), moderland(mother country in contrast to its colonies) | — | |
| Ottoman Turkish | وطن(the country of one's ancestors), وطن(the country of one's birth), وطن(country of origin) | vatan, vatan, vatan | |
| Pannonian Rusyn | оцовщина(the country of one's ancestors) | ocovščina | |
| Pashto | وطن(the country of one's ancestors) | watan | |
| Polish | macierz(the country of one's ancestors), macierz(the country of one's birth), macierz(country of origin), ojcowizna(the country of one's ancestors), ojczyzna(the country of one's ancestors), ojczyzna(the country of one's birth), ojczyzna(country of origin) | — | |
| Portuguese | metrópole(mother country in contrast to its colonies), país de origem(the country of one's ancestors), país de origem(country of origin), pátria(the country of one's birth), pátria-mãe(the country of one's birth) | — | |
| Romanian | patrie(the country of one's ancestors), patrie(the country of one's birth) | — | |
| Russian | оте́чество(the country of one's ancestors), отчи́зна(the country of one's ancestors), ро́дина(the country of one's ancestors), ро́дина(the country of one's birth), ро́дина(country of origin), ро́дина(mother country in contrast to its colonies) | otéčestvo, otčízna, ródina, ródina, ródina, ródina | |
| Scottish Gaelic | màthar-thìr(the country of one's ancestors), tìr-dhàimh(the country of one's ancestors) | — | |
| Serbo-Croatian | dòmovina(the country of one's ancestors), òtadžbina(the country of one's ancestors), до̀мовина(the country of one's ancestors), о̀таџбина(the country of one's ancestors) | — | |
| Silesian | hajmat(the country of one's ancestors) | — | |
| Slovak | domovina(the country of one's ancestors), otčina(the country of one's ancestors), vlasť(the country of one's ancestors), vlasť(the country of one's birth) | — | |
| Slovene | domovina(the country of one's ancestors) | — | |
| Spanish | patria(the country of one's ancestors), patria(the country of one's birth) | — | |
| Swedish | fosterland(the country of one's ancestors), fosterland(the country of one's birth), fosterland(country of origin), fädernesland(the country of one's ancestors), hemland(the country of one's ancestors), hemland(the country of one's birth), moderland(country of origin), moderland(mother country in contrast to its colonies) | — | |
| Tagalog | inang bayan(the country of one's ancestors), inang bayan(the country of one's birth), inang bayan(country of origin), patriya(the country of one's ancestors), patriya(the country of one's birth), patriya(country of origin) | — | |
| Tajik | ватан(the country of one's ancestors), меҳан(the country of one's ancestors) | vatan, mehan | |
| Tamil | தாயகம்(the country of one's ancestors), தாயகம்(the country of one's birth), தாயகம்(country of origin), தாய்நாடு(the country of one's ancestors), தாய்நாடு(the country of one's birth), தாய்நாடு(country of origin) | tāyakam, tāyakam, tāyakam, tāynāṭu, tāynāṭu, tāynāṭu | |
| Tatar | ватан(the country of one's ancestors) | watan | |
| Thai | บ้านเมือง(the country of one's ancestors), ปิตุภูมิ(the country of one's ancestors), มาตุภูมิ(the country of one's ancestors) | bâan-mʉʉang, bpì-dtù-puum, maa-dtù-puum | |
| Turkish | ana vatan(the country of one's ancestors), ana vatan(mother country in contrast to its colonies), ana yurt(mother country in contrast to its colonies), memleket(the country of one's ancestors) | — | |
| Turkmen | watan(the country of one's ancestors) | — | |
| Ukrainian | ба́тьківщина(the country of one's ancestors), ба́тьківщина(the country of one's birth), вітчи́зна(the country of one's ancestors) | bátʹkivščyna, bátʹkivščyna, vitčýzna | |
| Urdu | مادَرِ وَطَن(the country of one's ancestors), وَطَن(the country of one's ancestors) | mādar-i vatan, vatan | |
| Uyghur | ۋەتەن(the country of one's ancestors) | weten | |
| Uzbek | vatan(the country of one's ancestors) | — | |
| Vietnamese | quê hương(the country of one's ancestors), tổ quốc(the country of one's ancestors) | — | |
| Yiddish | מוטערלאַנד(the country of one's ancestors), מוטערלאַנד(the country of one's birth), מוטערלאַנד(country of origin) | muterland, muterland, muterland |
Troje, atdhe, atdhe, mëmëdhe, mëmëdhe
ana vətən, vətən
айчы́на, ба́цькаўшчына, ба́цькаўшчына, радзі́ма, радзі́ма
ajčýna, bácʹkawščyna, bácʹkawščyna, radzíma, radzíma
domovina, otčina, vlast, vlast
fædreland, fædreland, fædreland, fødeland, hjemland, hjemland, hjemland, moderland, moderland
geboorteland, land van oorsprong, moederland, vaderland
hejmlando, hejmlando, metropolo, patralando, patralando, patrinlando, patrinlando, patrujo, patrujo, patrujo, patrujo, ĉeflando
kodumaa
móðurland, móðurland, móðurland, móðurland
emämaa, isänmaa, kotimaa, synnyinmaa
matrie, matrie, patrie, patrie
patria
Heimat, Heimatland, Mutterland, Vaterland
anyaország, haza, szülőföld, szülőföld, őshaza
fósturland, föðurland, heimaland, heimaland
tanah air, tanah kelahiran, tanah leluhur
tír dhúchais
madrepatria, patria, patria
indung balen, indung gabun
patria, patria
dzimtene, dzimtene, dzimtene, tēvija, tēvzeme
tėvynė
дедовина, матична земја, родина, родина, родина, татковина, татковина, татковина
dedovina, matična zemja, rodina, rodina, rodina, tatkovina, tatkovina, tatkovina
ibu pertiwi, tanah air, tanah air
whenua matua, whenua matua, whenua tupu
fedreland, hjemland, hjemland, moderland, moderland
fedreland, heimland, moderland, moderland
macierz, macierz, macierz, ojcowizna, ojczyzna, ojczyzna, ojczyzna
metrópole, país de origem, país de origem, pátria, pátria-mãe
patrie, patrie
оте́чество, отчи́зна, ро́дина, ро́дина, ро́дина, ро́дина
otéčestvo, otčízna, ródina, ródina, ródina, ródina
màthar-thìr, tìr-dhàimh
dòmovina, òtadžbina, до̀мовина, о̀таџбина
hajmat
domovina, otčina, vlasť, vlasť
domovina
patria, patria
fosterland, fosterland, fosterland, fädernesland, hemland, hemland, moderland, moderland
inang bayan, inang bayan, inang bayan, patriya, patriya, patriya
தாயகம், தாயகம், தாயகம், தாய்நாடு, தாய்நாடு, தாய்நாடு
tāyakam, tāyakam, tāyakam, tāynāṭu, tāynāṭu, tāynāṭu
ana vatan, ana vatan, ana yurt, memleket
watan
vatan
quê hương, tổ quốc
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