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Definition of Native land
1. Noun. The country where you were born.
Generic synonyms: Country, Land, State
Specialized synonyms: Old Country
Definition of Native land
1. Noun. (alternative name of native soil) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Native Land
Literary usage of Native land
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"Name me the minstrel's native land.— Though now her sons lie slain in heaps, Though,
... The land of oaks — the German land — They called my native land! ..."
2. The Australian Digest by Great Britain Privy Council. Judicial Committee (1900)
"Rehearing by native land Court—Generalia Specialibus non ... 7 of The native land
Claims Adjustment Act, 1895, which provides specially for the rehearing of ..."
3. Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana (1897)
"This was literally bidding " good night " to my native land. CHAPTER II. THE first
day we passed at sea was the Sabbath. As we were just from port, ..."
4. The Christian Examiner (1843)
"MT native land. Where is the minstrel's native land ? — Where sparks of noble
soul flashed high, Where garlands bloomed in honor's eye, Where manly bosoms ..."
5. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1873)
"... not his native land, but the native land of his fathers. The German war-songs
of modern origin (see Prof. Blackie's little book on the subject) show ..."
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