Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913 Motherland /mŭth'-ẽrl-ăndˌ/ · Moth·er·land · IPA /ˈmʌðɚˌlænd/ 01 n. The country of one's ancestors; -- same as fatherland. 1. The country of one's ancestors; -- same as fatherland. Also: fatherland