If 'motherland' means one's native country, what do you call the place/country they were RAISED at?

I'd say homeland could work. Merriam-Webster defines it as "the land of one's birth, residence, or citizenship"

A good replacement could be "homeland," which refers to the place someone feels is their home or where they grew up, even if they weren’t born there. For your example, you could say: "Speaking of Kali, I'm going to her homeland." Other alternatives might include "adopted home" or "home country," but "homeland" captures the meaning well and is commonly used in this context. If you're looking for something more casual, you could say "the place she grew up," but it depends on the tone you're going for.

I would probably say something like "I'm going to her childhood home", or like the other commenter said, "I'm going to the place she grew up". There isn't a great word to capture this in English. You may have to provide additional context if you want to make sure that you're perfectly understood. Just FYI, while "motherland" does have a legitimate definition, it's very often used in a pejorative way, poking fun at nationalism, most often specifically Russian nationalism.

“Home country”

In addition to other people’s answers, “hometown” is really common to use if you’re talking about the city/town someone grew up in

i was born in _____, but i grew up in ______. motherland is not a word US english speakers use.

My grandparents were all immigrants. They referred to the countries they came from as "the old country." I think that this is probably archaic usage now, but it was common 40 or 50 years ago. "We did things differently in the old country." "I'm taking my children to see the old country." "I only miss the old country at Christmas."

Motherland is a loaded word. Most people would just say "where I come from".

"the ol stomping grounds"

I might go with something like "adoptive homeland", although that's arguably most natural if you moved when you were old enough to be conscious of the circumstances.

Motherland feels very politically loaded. The topic itself is as well, by the way. Different people feel differently about what their homeland/motherland is and have different definitions for it. Either avoid loaded vocabulary items or learn the person's views on the matter. If somebody is "just" born in a different country, but moves to another one shortly after birth and lives there for their whole childhood, that person will usually probably consider the country where they grew up as their native country - not a country they lived for half a year when they weren't even conscious of their own existence. Just say: "I'm going to her country." It's not that deep.

>what do you call the place/country they were RAISED at? Raised **in**