"native soil" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-native soil.ogg Forms: native soils [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} native soil (plural native soils)
  1. (idiomatic, as pertaining to persons) The country or geographical region where one was born or which one considers to be one's true homeland. Tags: idiomatic Translations (homeland): πάτρᾱ (pátrā) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), terrer [masculine] (Catalan), rodná hrouda [feminine] (Czech), terre natale (French), tír dhúchais [feminine] (Irish), tibuan (Kapampangan), memleket (Turkish), рідна земля (ridna zemlja) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
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  2. (idiomatic, as pertaining to animals, plants, things, ideas, etc.) Source, place of origin, principal location, or natural habitat. Tags: idiomatic, usually Synonyms (place of origin, natural habitat): native ground [source] Translations (natural habitat): environnement naturel (French), source première (French)
    Sense id: en-native_soil-en-noun-OuSGDcVg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Kapampangan translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Kapampangan translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of 'place of origin, natural habitat': 5 95 Disambiguation of 'natural habitat': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: birthplace [geographical-region, region, location, country], homeland [geographical-region, region, location, country], native ground [geographical-region, region, location, country], native land [geographical-region, region, location, country]

Inflected forms

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