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      [Noun]  | "mother country" 


      1: the country of one's parents or ancestors; also : fatherland

      2: the country from which the people of a colony or former colony derive their origin

      3: a country that is the origin of something


      Origin: 1567 ;

      [Noun]  | "mother country" 


      1: a place of origin;


        * e.g., " ... Greece can boast to being the mother country of democracy "



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      2: the land of one's birth, residence, or citizenship;


        * e.g., " ... even after decades of living in their adopted nation, they maintained a strong attachment to the mother country "



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