"mother country" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mother countries [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} mother country (plural mother countries)
  1. The country in which a person (or group of people) was born; motherland; homeland.
    Sense id: en-mother_country-en-noun-f-3I8Nfq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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