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the Nigerians as fatherland; the Oromo as Biyya Abaa; the Pakistanis as Vatan (madar-e-watan means motherland. Not fatherland) the Somali as Dhulka Abaa, land of the father; the Thais as pituphum (ปิตุภูมิ), the word is adapted from Sanskrit; the Tibetans as ཕ་ཡུལ (pha yul) the Welsh as Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau, 'the ancient ...
The islands were acquired by the government of New York City on April 29, 1939, and are now part of Pelham Bay Park. [1] City Island - originally known as “Great Minnefords”, the 235 acre island is the largest of the group. Before the Revolutionary War, Benjamin Palmer renamed it "City Island" as part of his plans to create a great port city.
the polish word for fatherland/motherland, "ojczyzna" is a feminine noun, and therefore is more associated with motherland than fatherland. There seems to be no fatherland concept in poland. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mitek (talk • contribs) 18:49, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
A trailer park, caravan park, mobile home park, mobile home community or manufactured home community is a temporary or permanent area for mobile homes and travel trailers. Advantages include low cost compared to other housing, and quick and easy moving to a new area (for example, when taking a job in a distant place while keeping the same home).
The island also provides family-based amusements such as the 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge [7] City Island Railroad (complete with a Crown Metal Products steam locomotive), carousel, Pride of the Susquehanna paddle-wheel riverboat, [8] horse-drawn carriage rides, miniature golf, a replica of John Harris Sr.'s fur-trading post, a riverside village ...
Land is often defined as the solid, dry surface of Earth. [1] The word land may also collectively refer the collective natural resources of Earth, [2] including its land cover, rivers, shallow lakes, its biosphere, the lowest layer of the atmosphere (troposphere), groundwater reserves, and the physical results of human activity on land, such as architecture and agriculture. [3]
Patricia Lockwood (born April 27, 1982) is an American poet, novelist, and essayist. Beginning a career in poetry, her collections include Motherland Fatherland Homelandsexuals, a 2014 New York Times Notable Book.
Grand Village of the Natchez , also known as the Fatherland Site, is a 128.1-acre (0.518 km 2) site encompassing a prehistoric indigenous village and earthwork mounds in present-day south Natchez, Mississippi. The village complex was constructed starting about 1200 CE by members of the prehistoric Plaquemine culture.