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native land

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Noun1.native land - the country where you were born
country of origin, fatherland, homeland, mother country, motherland
country, land, state - the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries"
old country - the country of origin of an immigrant


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Before they died the brilliant one was detected in seventy languages as the author of but two or three books of fiction and poetry, while the other was honoured in the Bureau of Statistics of his native land as the compiler of sixteen volumes of tabulated information relating to the domestic hog.
Fables by Aesop View in context
This letter will reach England by a merchantman now on its homeward voyage from Archangel; more fortunate than I, who may not see my native land, perhaps, for many years.
Frankenstein by Shelley, Mary View in context
We shall find five hundred adventurers like ourselves when we join the emigrant ship, for whom their native land has no occupation and no home.
The New Magdalen by Collins, Wilkie View in context
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