1. (noun)state, nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic 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"
2. (noun)country, state, land the territory occupied by a nation
"he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries"
3. (noun)nation, land, country 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"
4. (noun)country, rural area an area outside of cities and towns
"his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country"
5. (noun)area, country 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"
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