Editing Homeland (section)

== Motherland ==
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[[File:Bharat Mata bronze.jpg|thumb|[[Bharat Mata]] (Mother India) statue accompanied by a lion at [[Yanam, India]]]]
Motherland refers to a ''mother country'', i.e. the place in which somebody grew up or had lived for a long enough period that somebody has formed their own cultural identity, the place that one's ancestors lived for generations, or the place that somebody regards as home, or a [[Metropole]] in contrast to its colonies. People often refer to [[personifications of Russia|Mother Russia]] as a personification of the Russian nation. The [[Philippines]] is also considered as a motherland which is derived from the word "''Inang Bayan''" which means "Motherland". Within the [[British Empire]], many natives in the colonies came to think of [[United Kingdom|Britain]] as the mother country of one, large nation. [[India]] is often personified as [[Bharat Mata]] (Mother India). The French commonly refer to France as "la mère patrie";<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/societe/ces-tirailleurs-senegalais-qui-ont-combattu-pour-la-france_906248.html |title=Ces tirailleurs sénégalais qui ont combattu pour la France |first=Abdel |last=Pitroipa |date=14 July 2010 |magazine=[[L'Express]] |access-date=14 August 2019 |language=fr}}</ref> [[Hispanic]] countries that were former Spanish viceroyalties commonly referred to [[Spain]] as "''la Madre Patria''". [[Turkish people|Turks]] refer to [[Turkey]] as "ana vatan" (lit: mother homeland.). [[Kathleen Ni Houlihan]] is a mythical symbol of Irish nationalism found in literature and art including work by [[W._B._Yeats|W.B. Yeats]] and [[Seán O'Casey]], She was an emblem during colonial rule, and became associated with the [[Irish Republican Army]] in Northern Ireland, especially during [[The Troubles]].