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matuphum · /maː.tu.pʰuːm/
มาตุภูมิ
matuphum/maː.tu.pʰuːm/noun
the country of one's origin or ancestry
ประเทศต้นกำเนิดหรือบรรพบุรุษ
For Korean diaspora this is Korea itself, not just a hometown; 교포 use it when visiting or remembering food.
สำหรับชาวเกาหลีในต่างแดนหมายถึงเกาหลีเอง ไม่ใช่แค่บ้านเกิดสมัยเด็ก
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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