la patria dei leoni e delle palme

f homeland

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patria s.f.

1 country, native country, homeland: amor di patria, love of one's country (o native country); in patria e all'estero, at home and abroad; erano esuli dalla patria, they were exiles from home; amare la patria, to love one's country; tornare in patria, to return to one's native country; tradire la patria, to betray one's country; abbandonare la patria, to leave one's country; combattere, morire per la patria, to fight, to die for one's country // patria d'elezione, adoptive country // la patria celeste, the heavenly home // ai caduti per la patria, in memory of those who gave their lives for their country // altare della patria, the tomb of the Unknown Soldier // la madre patria, the mother country // i senza patria, stateless people // nessuno è profeta in patria, no one is a prophet in his own country

2 ( luogo nativo) birthplace; (fig.) home, land: la patria dei leoni e delle palme, the home of lions and palm trees; l'Umbria, patria di pittori e di santi, Umbria, home (o land) of painters and saints; Firenze è la patria di Dante, Dante's birthplace was Florence.

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sostantivo femminile (native) country, home (country)

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patria

/'patrja/

sostantivo f.

(native) country, home (country); madre patria mother country, homeland; amor di patria love of one's country; i senza patria the stateless; Bologna è la patria dei tortellini fig. Bologna is home to o the home of tortellini

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COMPOUNDS

patria d'elezione adoptive country.