TopicGyopo
patrie · /pa.tʁi/
patrie
patrie/pa.tʁi/noun
the country of one's origin or ancestry
le pays d'origine ou des ancêtres
For Korean diaspora this is Korea itself, not just a hometown; 교포 use it when visiting or remembering food.
Pour la diaspora coréenne, c'est la Corée elle-même, pas seulement le village d'enfance.
Examples
When I landed in Seoul I finally felt I had returned to my homeland after twenty years.
The smell of kimchi stew still reminds her of the homeland she left as a child.
In class he wrote an essay about visiting his parents' homeland for the first time.
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