Definition of "patria" [patria]

• In zoology, habitat; the place or region inhabited by any animal, and to which it is indigenous. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "'We are followers of a blind mole,' he uttered with an inner voices while still gazing wrathfully, and then burst out in grief, '"Patria o mea creatrix, patria"
• "The word patria is a collective term for the descendants of the same father, immediate or remote."
• "Consequently the word patria cannot include any but the subjects of redemption."