birthland

English

Etymology

From birth +‎ land.

Noun

birthland (plural birthlands)

  1. The land of one's birth, or where one was born.
    • 1997, Henry Osmaston, Nawang Tsering, Recent Research on Ladakh:
      The water of Lhasa is of all lands, But nectar like chang and arak abound only in our birthland.
    • 2000, Augusta Webster, Christine Sutphin, Augusta Webster:
      "[...] Give me forgotten days: Give me my birthland mine to bear with me And see it when my eyes may no more see."

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