country

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The territory of a nation; a sovereign state or a region once independent and still distinct in institutions, language, etc.
2. (British, countable, especially, uncountable) An area of land of undefined extent; a region, a district.
3. (British, countable, especially, uncountable) An area of land of undefined extent; a region, a district.
4. (uncountable) A rural area, as opposed to a town or city; the countryside.
5. (countable, uncountable) The inhabitants or people of a district, region, or nation; the populace, the public.
6. (Australia, capitalized, countable, uncountable, usually) Traditional lands of Indigenous people with embedded cultural, spiritual, cosmological, ecological, and physical attributes and values.
7. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of country music.
8. (countable, informal, uncountable) The spirit of the country (rural places): the spirit of country folkways; those folkways.
9. (countable, uncountable) The rock through which a vein of ore or coal runs.

Adj

1. (not-comparable) From or in the countryside, connected with it, or typical of it.
2. (not-comparable) Of or connected to country music.
3. (India, historical, not-comparable) Originating in India rather than being imported from Europe or elsewhere.

Synonyms

land

nation

state

region

countryside

district

territory

place

area

rural

earth

province

kingdom

realm

home

🏠

homeland

camp

rural area

village

world

🗺️

fatherland

motherland

zone

ground

town

🏙️

nation-state

clime

rustic

soil

city

🏙️

continent

native land

people

🧑‍🤝‍🧑

native country

locality

Earth

dominion

mother country

field

res publica

commonwealth

pastoral

corner

domain

section

home country

body politic

house

🏠

citizenry

terrain

keep within bounds

tract

universe

valley

walk

🚶

whereabouts

wilderness

word

area of government

country estate

good things of life

territory of a chief

solid ground

the world

soil dug out to form a grave

rural districts

one’s home village

one’s residence

beliefs

community

sovereign state

farming district

geographical area

rivers and mountains land

material possessions

ethnic area

abode

ambit

bucolic

campaign

citizen

class

country music

dirt

drive

estate

family

👪

farmland

flat

grounds

heritage

human

human being

humanity

humankind

hut

🛖

island

🏝️

live

man

👨

mankind

manor

moss

native

outdoor

out-of-town

overhang

peasant

periphery

piece

precinct

principality

provinces

provincial

sand

scenery

side

site

small

spot

steep

suburb

suit

sylvan

terra firma

Translations

pays

Land

país

land

Staat

campagne

contrée

campo

ülke

platteland

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkʌntɹi/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: contre

Cognate with Scots: kintra

In summary

From Middle English contre, contree, contreie, from Old French contree, cuntrede, from Vulgar Latin *(terra) contrāta (“(land) lying opposite; (land) spread before one”) (also in Medieval Latin as "country, region"), from Latin contra (“against, opposite”) (whence contra-). Cognate with Scots kintra. Unrelated to county. Displaced native English land in some of its senses.
From around 1300 as "area surrounding a walled city or town; the open country." By early 16th century the sense was applied mostly to rural areas, as opposed to towns and cities.

Sentences

What did he ever do for his country ?

The band was very active with live performances in and outside their native country .

They settled in the country of Goshen .

Before , the country was divided into just nine units , also called " oblast ".

After the merger , Grupo Schincariol became the largest Brazilian-owned brewery in the country .