country
Meaning
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- The territory of a nation, especially an independent nation state or formerly independent nation; a political entity asserting ultimate authority over a geographical area; a sovereign state.
- A set region of land having particular human occupation or agreed limits, especially inhabited by members of the same race, speakers of the same language etc., or associated with a given person, occupation, species etc.
- A rural area, as opposed to a town or city; the countryside.
- An area of land; a district, region.
- Traditional lands of Indigenous people with embedded cultural, spiritual, cosmological, ecological, and physical attributes and values.
- Ellipsis of country music.
- The rock through which a vein runs.
Synonyms
rural area
native country
commonwealth
keep within bounds
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
farming district
geographical area
rivers and mountains land
material possessions
ethnic area
Frequency
Hyphenated as
coun‧try
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkʌntɹi/
Etymology
From Middle English contre, contree, contreie, from Old French contree, from Vulgar Latin (terra) contrāta (“(land) lying opposite; (land) spread before”), derived from Latin contra (“against, opposite”). Unrelated to county. Cognate with Scots kintra.
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