motherland

Much of the domestic reaction centred on Korean-Canadian co-director Maggie Kang's emotional acceptance speech, with the Seoul-born filmmaker dedicating the prizes to her motherland.

From Barron's ● Mar. 16, 2026

The AINs are far outnumbered by the dozens of Russian-born athletes who have dodged the ban on their motherland and taken to the ice and snow under the flags of other countries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

Foreign policy issues were mixed with musings about the motherland, praise for local businesses, fish prices and the importance of looking after veterans.

From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2025

His 2025 juggernaut, “Debí Tirar Más Fotos,” however, goes far beyond the usual motherland worship; the album’s greatest takeaway is to cherish not just the place, but the people you call home, too.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2025

More than anything else, Stalin vowed that no invader would ever threaten the motherland again.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

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

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

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

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