Glossary:
otechestvo
Language: Russian
fatherland
the fatherland, inclusive of patriotic overtones; otechestvo is a derivative of otets – the father.
Romance languages tend to derive words for homeland also from the father-land: see la patrie (French), la patria (Italian).
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