patria
Example Sentences
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In America, he said, there was nothing like “the patria of the Romans, the Fatherland of the Dutch, or the Patrie of the French.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
He reportedly referred to Peru, where around three quarters of people are Catholic, as "mi segunda patria" – my second homeland.
From BBC ● May 9, 2025
Some enslaved people were sold into bondage through patria potestas.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
He’d cry out lines from one of Darío’s most notable works, “Si la patria es pequeña...”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2022
“I don’t know if it’s true. Eduardo at the bank swears that his brother saw a document with a government seal on it discussing patria potto tad. But who knows?”
From "The Red Umbrella" by Christina Gonzalez
