Definition of country

adjective (a)

• Pertaining to the regions remote from a city; rural; rustic; as, a country life; a country town; the country party, as opposed to city. (adjective)

  source: webster1913

noun (n)

• a politically organized body of people under a single government (noun.group)

  Synonym: body politic, commonwealth, land, nation, res publica, state
  

  Example:
  The country's largest manufacturer.
  

  source: wordnet30
• the territory occupied by a nation (noun.location)

  Synonym: land, state
  

  source: wordnet30
• the people who live in a nation or country (noun.group)

  Synonym: land, nation
  

  Example:
  The whole country worshipped him.
  

  source: wordnet30
• an area outside of cities and towns (noun.location)

  Synonym: rural area
  Antonym: populated area, urban area
  

  Example:
  His poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography) (noun.location)

  Synonym: area
  

  Example:
  Bible country.
  

  source: wordnet30
• A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a personal pronoun) the region of one's birth, permanent residence, or citizenship. (noun)

  source: webster1913

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