Fatherland and Patria

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Fatherland noun - The land of one's birth, residence, or citizenship.

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Patria and fatherland are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Patria" instead a noun "Fatherland".

Nearby Words: father, fatherhood

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Fatherland and patria are semantically related. You can use "Fatherland" instead a noun "Patria".

Nearby Word: Patrina

Horace was not being sarcastic when he said, "Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori." (it is sweet and right to die for the fatherland).

Source: War Is Glorious
The Costa Rican province of Guanacaste invokes this trope in its coat of arms where the official motto reads "De la patria por nuestra voluntad" - of the fatherland by our [own] will.

Source: Voluntary Vassal
Again from Venezuela: "Pero tenemos Patria" note Meaning, literally "but we have Fatherland".

Source: Memes / Politics

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