Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In zoology, habitat; the place or region inhabited by any animal, and to which it is indigenous.

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Examples

  • 'We are followers of a blind mole,' he uttered with an inner voices while still gazing wrathfully, and then burst out in grief, '"Patria o mea creatrix, patria

    Vittoria — Volume 3 George Meredith 1868

  • 'We are followers of a blind mole,' he uttered with an inner voices while still gazing wrathfully, and then burst out in grief, '"Patria o mea creatrix, patria

    Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

  • Consequently the word patria cannot include any but the subjects of redemption.

    A Commentary on the Epistle to the Ephesians 1797-1878 1860

  • The word patria is a collective term for the descendants of the same father, immediate or remote.

    A Commentary on the Epistle to the Ephesians 1797-1878 1860

  • I thought that the Cleopatra allusion compensated for the male-alluding "patria" -- which was meant, in any case, to summon ideas of homeland rather than paternalism.

    Open the valve 2005

  • Patriotism comes from "patria" - land of the fathers.

    Hugo Schwyzer 2008

  • And when a nation is in chaos from fear, authoritarian regimes step in, as they have throughout history, in the name of the "patria" or nation.

    Terrorists and Their GOP Enablers Who Terrorize Us 2010

  • Spender argues that American writers formed their sense of the significance of their "patria" by

    Introduction: A History of Transatlantic Romanticism 2006

  • He explained that though he occasionally felt a pull toward his homeland — to the "red October leaves on the shores of Lake Simcoe" and the smell of "wild roses in the springtime" — what he felt more strongly was a sense of betrayal, because his country had failed to give him a sense of "patria" — of Canadian identity.

    In Search of the Canadian Dream 2004

  • He explained that though he occasionally felt a pull toward his homeland — to the "red October leaves on the shores of Lake Simcoe" and the smell of "wild roses in the springtime" — what he felt more strongly was a sense of betrayal, because his country had failed to give him a sense of "patria" — of Canadian identity.

    In Search of the Canadian Dream 2004

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