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Fatherland is the nation of one's "fathers", "forefathers" or "ancestors". It can be viewed as a nationalist concept, insofar as it is evocative of emotions related to family ties and links them to national identity and patriotism, but in the English language it can also simply mean the country of one's birth or origin. It can be compared to motherland and homeland, and some languages will use more than one of these terms. The national anthem of the Netherlands between 1815 and 1932, "Wien Neêrlands Bloed", makes extensive use of the parallel Dutch word.

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The Ancient Greek patris, fatherland, led to patrios, of our fathers and thence to the Latin patriota and Old French patriote, meaning compatriot; from these the English word patriotism is derived. The related Ancient Roman word Patria led to similar forms in modern Romance languages.

"Fatherland" was first encountered by the vast majority of citizens in countries that did not themselves use it during World War II, when it was featured in news reports associated with Nazi Germany. German government propaganda used its appeal to nationalism when making references to Germany and the state. It was used in Mein Kampf, and on a sign in a German concentration camp, also signed, Adolf Hitler. As such, the word "Vaterland" could be connected with National Socialism outside Germany; in Germany, this is not the case.

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Groups that refer to their native country as a "fatherland"

Groups with languages that refer to their native country as a "fatherland" include:

  • the Afrikaners as Vaderland
  • the Albanians as Atdhe
  • the Arakaneses as A pha rakhaing pray (အဖရခိုင်ပြည်)
  • the Belarusians as Baćkaŭščyna (Бацькаўшчына)
  • the Bulgarians as Tatkovina (Татковина) and Otechestvo (Отечество)
  • the Danes as fædreland
  • the Dutch, as vaderland
  • the Estonians as isamaa (as in the national anthem Mu isamaa, mu õnn ja rõõm)
  • the Finns as isänmaa
  • the Frisians as heitelân
  • the Georgians as Samshoblo (სამშობლო - "[land] of parents") or Mamuli (მამული)
  • the Germans, as Vaterland (as in the national anthem Das Lied der Deutschen)
  • the Ancient Greeks as patris
  • the Greeks as "patrida"
  • the Icelanders as föðurland literally meaning "land of the father"
  • the Iranians as mihan (میهن) or vatan (وطن - Arabic loanword)
  • the Irish as Athartha
  • the Kazakhs as atameken
  • the Latvians as tēvzeme
  • the Liechtensteiners as Vaterland
  • the Nigerians as fatherland
  • the Norwegians as fedreland
  • the Oromo as Biyya Abaa
  • the Pakistanis as Vatan
  • the Poles as ziemia ojców literally meaning "land of fathers", somethimes used in the phrase ziemia ojców naszych literally meaning "land of our fathers"
  • the Portuguese as Pátria
  • the Russians as Otečestvo (Отечество)
  • the Serbs as otadžbina (отаџбина)
  • the Somali as Dhulka Abaa, land of the father
  • the Swedes as Fädernesland
  • the Swiss as Vaterland (as in the national anthem Swiss Psalm)
  • the Thais as pituphum (ปิตุภูมิ), the word is adapted from Sanskrit
  • the Tibetans as pha yul (ཕ་ཡུལ་)
  • the Welsh as the land of my fathers (Y Wlad Fy Nhadau)

    • Romance languages, derived from Latin "patria"

  • the Esperantists as patrio, patrolando or patrujo
  • Aragonese, Asturian, Franco-Provençal, Galician, Italian, Spanish: Patria
  • Catalan: Pàtria
  • Extremaduran: Pátria
  • Occitans: Patrìo
  • French: Patrie
  • Romanian: Patrie
  • Portuguese: Pátria

    • References

    Fatherland Wikipedia
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