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Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 祖國.
Pronunciation
Noun
tổ quốc
- (formal or literary) homeland; motherland; fatherland
- 1961, John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address; free Vietnamese translation by unknown translator
- Đừng hỏi tổ quốc đã làm gì cho ta mà hãy hỏi ta đã làm gì cho tổ quốc. (literally, “Ask not what the homeland has done for us - ask what we have done for the homeland.”)
- Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.
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