patrujo

Esperanto

Etymology

From patro (“father”) +‎ -ujo (“place”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /paˈtrujo/
  • Rhymes: -ujo
  • Hyphenation: pa‧tru‧jo

Noun

patrujo (accusative singular patrujon, plural patrujoj, accusative plural patrujojn)

  1. fatherland
    Synonym: patrio
    • 1918, Antoni Grabowski, chapter 1, in Antoni Grabowski, transl., Sinjoro Tadeo aǔ lasta armita posedopreno en Litvo: (pola epopeo "Pan Tadeusz")‎[1] (overall work in Esperanto), page 5:
      Litvo! Patrujo mia! simila al sano; […]
      Lithuania! My fatherland! you are like health; […]
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