fatherland: A person's native country (when referred to in patriotic terms)
Groups that refer to their native country as a "fatherland" associate it primarily with paternal concepts include:Motherland is a term that may refer to a mother country, i.e. a Metropole in contrast to its colonies, or the origin of an ethnic group or immigrant. This usage is sometimes seen also in English, maybe more often in the social sciences.
Motherland is otherwise a synonym for fatherland, though perhaps carrying different psychological associations. It especially has the connotation of one's country of birth and growing up, with the country being respectfully viewed as a benign mother nurturing its citizens as her children.
The term "Motherland" is very often labelled to Russia, and many Russians and various Slavs around the world refer to that country as such, even if they do not harbour their ancestry directly from that country
In Spanish-speaking countries Madre Patria can refer to the country of oneself or be understood as a reference to Spain
Groups that refer to their native country as a "fatherland" associate it primarily with paternal concepts include:Motherland is a term that may refer to a mother country, i.e. a Metropole in contrast to its colonies, or the origin of an ethnic group or immigrant. This usage is sometimes seen also in English, maybe more often in the social sciences.
Motherland is otherwise a synonym for fatherland, though perhaps carrying different psychological associations. It especially has the connotation of one's country of birth and growing up, with the country being respectfully viewed as a benign mother nurturing its citizens as her children.
The term "Motherland" is very often labelled to Russia, and many Russians and various Slavs around the world refer to that country as such, even if they do not harbour their ancestry directly from that country
In Spanish-speaking countries Madre Patria can refer to the country of oneself or be understood as a reference to Spain
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