noun
the country where you were born
• Syn: ↑fatherland, ↑homeland, ↑motherland, ↑mother country, ↑native land
• Hyponyms: ↑old country
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the place where someone or something comes from
Thesaurus: place where someone comes fromsynonym words for people according to the part of the world they come fromhyponym
Main entry: origin
Useful english dictionary. 2012.