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 team has as many members from outside the country’s borders as players born in the motherland.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

Towards the end of the TV marathon, Putin was asked a series of quickfire questions, touching on his views on friendship, religion, the motherland and love at first sight.

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

Then he puts her right side up and laughs a great big Conquistador laugh that comes all the way from the green, motherland hills of Spain.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

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