"home country" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: home countries [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} home country (plural home countries)
  1. The country in which a person was born and usually raised, regardless of the present country of residence and citizenship. Related terms: foreign country, homeland, old country, where are you from Translations (country where a person was born and raised): وَطَن (waṭan) [masculine] (Arabic), مَوْطِن (mawṭin) [masculine] (Arabic), مَنْشَأ (manšaʔ) [feminine] (Arabic), роди́на (rodína) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 祖國 (Chinese Mandarin), 祖国 (zǔguó) (Chinese Mandarin), 故鄉 [literary] (Chinese Mandarin), 故乡 (gùxiāng) (Chinese Mandarin), 家鄉 (Chinese Mandarin), 家乡 (jiāxiāng) (Chinese Mandarin), hjemland [neuter] (Danish), thuisland [neuter] (Dutch), kodumaa (Estonian), heimland [neuter] (Faroese), kotimaa (Finnish), patrie [feminine] (French), Heimatland [neuter] (German), Heimat [feminine] (German), Vaterland [neuter] (German), πατρίδα (patrída) [feminine] (Greek), वतन (vatan) (Hindi), hon (Hungarian), haza (Hungarian), patria [feminine] (Italian), 母国 (bokoku) (alt: ぼこく) (Japanese), 本国 (hongoku) (alt: ほんごく) (Japanese), ハイマート (haimāto) (Japanese), 祖国 (sokoku) (alt: そこく) (Japanese), 본국 (bon'guk) (alt: 本国) (Korean), ᠮᠠᡶᠠ ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ (mafa gurun) (Manchu), hjemland [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), heimland [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), heimland [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), وطن (vatan) (Persian), pátria [feminine] (Portuguese), ро́дина (ródina) [feminine] (Russian), родна́я страна́ (rodnája straná) [feminine] (Russian), оте́чество (otéčestvo) [neuter] (Russian), отчи́зна (otčízna) [feminine] (Russian), domovina [feminine] (Slovak), patria [feminine] (Spanish), hemland [neuter] (Swedish), وطن (vatan) (Urdu)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "hjemland"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "thuisland"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
          "word": "kodumaa"
        },
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          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "heimland"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
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        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "patrie"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Heimatland"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Heimat"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Vaterland"
        },
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "patrída",
          "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "πατρίδα"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "vatan",
          "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
          "word": "वतन"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
          "word": "hon"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
          "word": "haza"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "patria"
        },
        {
          "alt": "ぼこく",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "bokoku",
          "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
          "word": "母国"
        },
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          "alt": "ほんごく",
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          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hongoku",
          "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
          "word": "本国"
        },
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "haimāto",
          "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
          "word": "ハイマート"
        },
        {
          "alt": "そこく",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sokoku",
          "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
          "word": "祖国"
        },
        {
          "alt": "本国",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "bon'guk",
          "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
          "word": "본국"
        },
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          "code": "mnc",
          "lang": "Manchu",
          "roman": "mafa gurun",
          "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
          "word": "ᠮᠠᡶᠠ ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ"
        },
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          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "hjemland"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "heimland"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "heimland"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "vatan",
          "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
          "word": "وطن"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pátria"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ródina",
          "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ро́дина"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rodnája straná",
          "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "родна́я страна́"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otéčestvo",
          "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "оте́чество"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otčízna",
          "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "отчи́зна"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "domovina"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "patria"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "hemland"
        },
        {
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "vatan",
          "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
          "word": "وطن"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "waṭan",
      "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "وَطَن"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mawṭin",
      "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مَوْطِن"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "manšaʔ",
      "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "مَنْشَأ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "rodína",
      "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "роди́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
      "word": "祖國"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zǔguó",
      "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
      "word": "祖国"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "故鄉"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gùxiāng",
      "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
      "word": "故乡"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
      "word": "家鄉"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiāxiāng",
      "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
      "word": "家乡"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hjemland"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "thuisland"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
      "word": "kodumaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "heimland"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
      "word": "kotimaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "patrie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Heimatland"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Heimat"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Vaterland"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "patrída",
      "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "πατρίδα"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "vatan",
      "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
      "word": "वतन"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
      "word": "hon"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
      "word": "haza"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "patria"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぼこく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "bokoku",
      "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
      "word": "母国"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ほんごく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hongoku",
      "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
      "word": "本国"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "haimāto",
      "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
      "word": "ハイマート"
    },
    {
      "alt": "そこく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sokoku",
      "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
      "word": "祖国"
    },
    {
      "alt": "本国",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bon'guk",
      "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
      "word": "본국"
    },
    {
      "code": "mnc",
      "lang": "Manchu",
      "roman": "mafa gurun",
      "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
      "word": "ᠮᠠᡶᠠ ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hjemland"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "heimland"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "heimland"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "vatan",
      "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
      "word": "وطن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pátria"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ródina",
      "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ро́дина"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rodnája straná",
      "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "родна́я страна́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otéčestvo",
      "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "оте́чество"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otčízna",
      "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "отчи́зна"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "domovina"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "patria"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hemland"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "vatan",
      "sense": "country where a person was born and raised",
      "word": "وطن"
    }
  ],
  "word": "home country"
}

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