Fatherland is the nation of one's "fathers" or "forefathers." It can be viewed as a
nationalist concept, insofar as it relates to nations. (Compare to
motherland and
homeland.)Groups that refer to their native country as a "fatherland" (or rather, translations of this English word in their languages), or, arguably, associate it primarily with paternal concepts include:
Romans,
Italians,
Romanians,
Spaniards, and
Hispanic Latin Americans as Patria. It should be noted that there is a gender change in Spanish and Italian: Madre patria, or motherland is also used.the
Armenians, as Hayrenik (as in the national anthem
Mer Hayrenik, literally meaning Our Fatherland)the
Brazilians as Pátria.the
Bulgarians as Tatkovina and Otechestvothe
Czechs as otčinathe
Danes as fædrelandthe
Estonians as isamaathe
French as patriethe
Finns as isänmaathe
Frisians as heitelânthe
Georgians as Mamuli (მამული) the
Germans, as das Vaterland (as in the national anthem
Das Lied der Deutschen)the
Greeks as patris, the root word for
patriotism.the
Icelanders as Föðurland the
Indians as , although very, very rarely used, the word for motherland, Matrubhumi, being the exclusively used one.the
Kazakhs as atamekenthe
Lithuanians as tėvynėthe
ethnic Macedonians as Tatkovinathe
Dutch, as vaderlandthe
Norwegians as fedrelandthe
Poles, as Ojczyzna (but there is also macierz, that is Motherland, although it is seldom used)the
Portuguese as Pátria.the
Russians, as Otechestvo (отечество) or Otchizna (отчизна), although Rodina, that is ancestral land, is more common.the
Slovenians as Očetnjava, usage is regarded archaic, Domovina (home country) is used instead.the
Serbs as otadžbina (отаџбина)the
Spanish as patriathe
Swedes as fäderneslandet, although fosterlandet is more common.the
Thais as pituphum (ปิตุภูมิ), the word is adapted from
Sanskritthe
Tibetans as pha yulthe
Ukrainians as bat'kivschina (батьківщина)the
Hungarians as hon or haza
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