country
/kˈʌntri/
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Definitions
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"
Noun
the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries"
Noun
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"
Noun
an area outside of cities and towns; "his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country"
Noun
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"
More General Terms
administrative district
administrative division
geographic area
geographic region
geographical area
geographical region
people
political entity
political unit
region
territorial division
More Specific Terms
African country
African nation
ally
anchorage
anchorage ground
arena
Asian country
Asian nation
back country
backwoods
banana republic
bed ground
bedground
bed-ground
block
boondocks
British
British people
Brits
broadcast area
buffer country
buffer state
center
centre
city block
city state
city-state
clear
commonwealth country
corner
country of origin
countryside
danger
developing country
disaster area
Dominion
Dutch
Dutch people
English
English people
European country
European nation
eye
farming area
farmland
fatherland
fireside
foreign country
free port
free zone
French
French people
great power
hangout
haunt
heart
hearth
high country
hinterland
homeland
hunting ground
Irish
Irish people
kingdom
major power
middle
mother country
motherland
native land
neighborhood
no man''s land
no-go area
North American country
North American nation
open
playground
power
quadrant
rain shadow
refuge
Reich
renegade state
repair
resort
resort area
retreat
rogue nation
rogue state
safety
scene
scrubland
sea power
section
shrubbery
South American country
South American nation
space
Spanish
Spanish people
staging area
stamping ground
sultanate
superpower
suzerain
Swiss
Swiss people
tank farm
tax haven
vacation spot
weald
winner''s circle
wold
world power