native land

noun

: the country in which one was born

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Beloved by followers as a ‘pope of the people’ After a dozen years of papal travel — including to nearly all of Argentina’s neighbors — Francis referenced a plan to visit his native land last year. Almudena Calatrava and Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2025 That stung, but there’s no shortage of concern for his native land to be found in a film that essentially ends with a call for America to join the war. Keith Phipps, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025 An immigration court granted him approval to stay amid concerns of turmoil in his native land. Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 16 Apr. 2025 More than 20 years ago, when the Tlingit residents of Hoonah in coastal Alaska decided to build a cruise port on native land, the stakes were high. Elaine Glusac, Travel + Leisure, 18 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for native land

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“Native land.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/native%20land. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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