country

/kˈʌntri/

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Noun
a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation''s capitol"; "the country''s largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land"
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the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries"
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the people who live in a nation or country; "a statement that sums up the nation''s mood"; "the news was announced to the nation"; "the whole country worshipped him"
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an area outside of cities and towns; "his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country"
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a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography); "it was a mountainous area"; "Bible country"