mother country


Definition: Meaning of, mother country in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈmʌðə ˈkʌntri /

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mother country mother countries
[countable usually singular]
  1. someone's mother country is the country where they or their family were born and to which they feel a very strong emotional connection, even if they are no longer living there [=  motherland]
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  2. a powerful country that controls or used to control a less powerful country
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Pronunciation: ɛnd ɒv;(ə)v ðə;ðɪ;ðiː wəːld
Parts of Speech: noun
New Testament day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives