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"Motherland" is a noun which is often translated as "la patria", and "fatherland" is a noun which is also often translated as "la patria". Learn more about the difference between "motherland" and "fatherland" below.
motherland(
muh
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thuhr
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lahnd
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (general)
b. la tierra natal (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
My grandfather longed to see his motherland before dying.Mi abuelo ansiaba ver su tierra natal antes de morir.
fatherland(
fa
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thuhr
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lahnd
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
