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patria.

native land; home, native city; one's country;

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈpa.tri.a]Classical-Latin[ˈpaː.tri.a]

  1. fatherland, native land

    declension-1 · feminine

  2. home

    declension-1 · feminine
Where this word comes from

Substantive noun from an ellipsis of the collocative term terra patria ("paternal/hereditary land"), itself from terra (“land, country”) and patrius (“fatherly, paternal, hereditary, ancestral”). Compare origin of Greek βασιλική (basilikḗ, “basilica”), from Byzantine Greek term βασιλική στοά (basilikḗ stoá, “royal building”). Cognates include Ancient Greek πατριά (patriá, “generation, ancestry, descent, tribe, family”) and πατρίς (patrís, “place of one's ancestors”).

adj[ˈpa.tri.a]Classical-Latin[ˈpaː.tri.a]

  1. inflection of patrius: nominative/vocative feminine singular

    feminine · form-of · nominative · singular · vocative

  2. inflection of patrius: nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

    accusative · form-of · neuter · nominative · plural · vocative
Where this word comes from

Substantive noun from an ellipsis of the collocative term terra patria ("paternal/hereditary land"), itself from terra (“land, country”) and patrius (“fatherly, paternal, hereditary, ancestral”). Compare origin of Greek βασιλική (basilikḗ, “basilica”), from Byzantine Greek term βασιλική στοά (basilikḗ stoá, “royal building”). Cognates include Ancient Greek πατριά (patriá, “generation, ancestry, descent, tribe, family”) and πατρίς (patrís, “place of one's ancestors”).

adj[ˈpa.tri.a]Classical-Latin[ˈpaː.tri.a]

  1. ablative feminine singular of patrius

    ablative · feminine · form-of · singular
Where this word comes from

Substantive noun from an ellipsis of the collocative term terra patria ("paternal/hereditary land"), itself from terra (“land, country”) and patrius (“fatherly, paternal, hereditary, ancestral”). Compare origin of Greek βασιλική (basilikḗ, “basilica”), from Byzantine Greek term βασιλική στοά (basilikḗ stoá, “royal building”). Cognates include Ancient Greek πατριά (patriá, “generation, ancestry, descent, tribe, family”) and πατρίς (patrís, “place of one's ancestors”).

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