native soil

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Noun

native soil (plural native soils)

  1. (idiomatic, as pertaining to persons) The country or geographical region where one was born or which one considers to be one's true homeland.
    • 1892, Bret Harte, “Colonel Starbottle's Client”, in Colonel Starbottle's Client and Other Stories:
      [T]hey were peculiarly honored by the unexpected presence in their midst "of that famous son of the South, Colonel Starbottle," who had lately returned to his native soil from his adopted home in California.
    • 1919, Joseph A[lexander] Altsheler, chapter 4, in The Sun of Quebec: A Story of a Great Crisis (The French and Indian War Series; 6), New York, N.Y.: Appleton-Century-Crofts, →OCLC:
      "Look back, Peter," he said, "and you can get your last glimpse of your native soil. The black line that just shows under the sky is Sandy Hook."
    • 2007 September 10, Aryn Baker, “A Musharraf Foe's Aborted Return”, in Time‎[1], New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC:
      Nawaz Sharif, two-time Prime Minister of Pakistan, had planned a triumphant return to his native soil nearly seven years after choosing exile.
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  2. (idiomatic, as pertaining to animals, plants, things, ideas, etc.) Source, place of origin, principal location, or natural habitat.

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