native land

/ˌneɪtɪv ˈlænd/

noun phrase

  1. The country where a person was born or where their ancestors come from, or which they consider their homeland.

    B1

    formal, literary

    • "She returned to her native land after many years abroad."B1
    • "The poet wrote lovingly about his native land and its traditions."B2

Collocations

return to one's native landleave one's native landdefend one's native landlove for one's native land

Word family

nativehomelandland