motherlands
- plural of motherland.
Example Sentences
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We do not stop hearing the heartbeat of our motherlands: We simply carry them with us into exile.
From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2022
Then again, the piece also adds that “even the famously unemotional Japanese engage in the Landing Clap;” along with all the patriotic Russians and Germans who have journeyed back to their motherlands.
From Slate • Nov. 22, 2017
Largely, in its observation of the ebb & flow of Communism's tide, the U.S. looked at the motherlands of Europe.
From Time Magazine Archive
At National Airport, Bhumibol, born in the environs of Harvard University, where his father studied medicine, paid tribute to his "two motherlands."
From Time Magazine Archive
When the Agricultural Revolution opened opportunities for the creation of crowded cities and mighty empires, people invented stories about great gods, motherlands and joint stock companies to provide the needed social links.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
