"blood and soil" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Originated in Nazi Germany. Calque of German Blut und Boden. Etymology templates: {{cal|en|de|Blut und Boden}} Calque of German Blut und Boden Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} blood and soil (uncountable)
  1. A nationalist or Fascist ideology linking a particular ethnicity or heritage to a particular geographic region, as in the concept of Lebensraum (“living space”) in Nazi Germany or white nationalism in the United States. Wikipedia link: blood and soil Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Fascism, Nationalism, Nazism Translations (nationalist mantra): qan və torpaq (Azerbaijani), Blut und Boden [neuter] (German), кровь и почва (krovʹ i počva) (Russian), blod och jord (Swedish)

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