"native soil" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-native soil.ogg [Australia] 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), terre natale (French), tír dhúchais [feminine] (Irish), tibuan (Kapampangan), memleket (Turkish), рідна земля (ridna zemlja) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-native_soil-en-noun-WpcKzqDp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of 'homeland': 86 14
  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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 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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