"fatherland of" is a correct and usable phrase in written English
It is typically used to refer to one's country or homeland in a patriotic or sentimental way. Example: "As I looked out at the vast, rolling countryside, I couldn't help but feel a sense of pride for the fatherland of my ancestors."
But in France, the home of literary theory, and Germany, the fatherland of textual analysis, free-ranging study of the Koran continues.
Lewis quotes Said Halim Pasha, grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire (on its deathbed) saying in 1917 that "the fatherland of a Muslim is wherever the Shariah prevails".
And, after all, they're Soviet citizens, so they belong to the great fatherland of socialism," said a man named Martinengo, who had not quite kept up with all the turning of coats.
He told me that his first post, just a sentence long, read: "Oh my fatherland of Vietnam, I want to say something to you!" While working on my book about Internet dissent in the Communist and post-Communist world, I interviewed bloggers in China, Cuba, and Russia who, like Quan, wanted to tell stories that did not appear in the state-controlled media.
The lyrics are very traditional national-anthem stuff about a "land of hope" and "full gallant legions", and the pay-off at the end is "the fatherland of true brotherhood", which is half right-wing and half left-wing, which is probably what any good national anthem should aspire to.
I hate to play for this rabble.... [In] a very short time our gracious Kaiser will smile on my request and recall me to Berlin.... Our Kaiser will be prevailed upon to see the benefit to the Fatherland of my obtaining a divorce and making you my own".
The bourgeoisie have their candidate -- the candidate of the anti-fatherland, of capitalism, of the Yankees.
They drove west to a country few of them knew, enticed by the notorious "return to the fatherland" speech of the German politician, Hans-Dietrich Genscher. Hans-Dietrich Genscher
Some people are apparently eager to die for their fatherland instead of contributing to its wellbeing.
The Fatherland party of the jailed former prime minister, Yulia V. Tymoshenko, was second, with about 24 percent.
In the days before the vote, Mr. Tyagnibok signed an agreement to work with other opposition parties, including the Fatherland party of the jailed former prime minister, Yulia V. Tymoshenko.
