Definitions for country
ˈkʌn tricoun·t·ry

Princeton's WordNet(2.77 / 13 votes)Rate this definition:

1. state, nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politicnoun

   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. country, state, landnoun

   the territory occupied by a nation

   "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries"

3. nation, land, countrynoun

   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. country, rural areanoun

   an area outside of cities and towns

   "his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country"

5. area, countrynoun

   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"

Wiktionary(3.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. countrynoun

   An area of land; a district, region.

2. countrynoun

   A set region of land having particular human occupation or agreed limits, especially inhabited by members of the same race, language speakers etc., or associated with a given person, occupation, species etc.

3. countrynoun

   The territory of a nation, especially an independent nation state or formerly independent nation; a political entity asserting ultimate authority over a geographical area.

4. countrynoun

   A rural area, as opposed to a town or city; the countryside.

5. countrynoun

   Country music.

6. countryadjective

   From the countryside or connected with it.

7. countryadjective

   Of or connected to country music.

8. countrynoun

   Plural form of countryman.

9. Etymology: contree, contre, from contree, from Vulgar Latin (terra) contrata, derived from contra.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Countryadjective

   This word is scarcely used but in composition.

   1. Rustick; rural; villatick.

   Cannot a country wench know, that having received a shilling from one that owes her three, and a shilling also from another that owes her three, that the remaining debts in each of their hands are equal? John Locke.

   I never meant any other, than that Mr. Trot should confine himself to country dances. Spectator, №. 308.

   He comes no nearer to a positive, clear idea of a positive infinite, than the country fellow had of the water which was yet to pass the channel of the river where he stood. John Locke.

   Talk but with country people, or young people, and you shall find that the notions they apply this name to, are so odd that nobody can imagine they were taught by a rational man. John Locke.

   The low mechanicks of a country town do somewhat outdo him. John Locke.

   Come, we’ll e’en to our country seat repair,
   The native home of innocence and love. John Norris.

   2. Remote from cities or courts, and of an interest opposite to that of courts.

   A country gentleman, learning Latin in the university, removes thence to his mansion-house. John Locke.

   3. Peculiar to a region or people.

   She laughing the cruel tyrant to scorn, spake in her country language. 2 Macabees, vii. 27.

   4. Rude; ignorant; untaught.

   We make a country man dumb, whom we will not allow to speak but by the rules of grammar. John Dryden, Dufresnoy.

2. COUNTRYnoun

   Etymology: contrée, Fr. contrata, low Latin; supposed to be contracted from conterrata.

   1. A tract of land; a region.

   Send out more horses, skirre the country round,
   Hang those that talk of fear. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   They require to be examined concerning the descriptions of those countries of which they would be informed. Thomas Sprat.

   2. The parts of a region distant from cities or courts; rural parts.

   I see them hurry from country to town, and then from the town back again into the country. Spectator, №. 626.

   3. The place which any man inhabits.4. The place of one’s birth; the native soil.

   The king set on foot a reformation in the ornaments and advantages of our country. Thomas Sprat.

   O, save my country, heav’n, shall be your last. Alexander Pope.

   5. The inhabitants of any region.

   All the country, in a general voice,
   Cry’d hate upon him; all their prayers and love
   Were set on Hereford. William Shakespeare, Henry IV. p. ii.

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Countryadverb

   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

2. Countryadverb

   rural regions, as opposed to a city or town

3. Countryadverb

   the inhabitants or people of a state or a region; the populace; the public. Hence: (a) One's constituents. (b) The whole body of the electors of state; as, to dissolve Parliament and appeal to the country

4. Countryadverb

   a jury, as representing the citizens of a country

5. Countryadverb

   the inhabitants of the district from which a jury is drawn

6. Countryadverb

   the rock through which a vein runs

7. Countryadjective

   pertaining to the regions remote from a city; rural; rustic; as, a country life; a country town; the country party, as opposed to city

8. Countryadjective

   destitute of refinement; rude; unpolished; rustic; not urbane; as, country manners

9. Countryadjective

   pertaining, or peculiar, to one's own country

10. Etymology: [F. contre, LL. contrata, fr. L. contra over against, on the opposite side. Cf. Counter, adv., Contra.]

Freebase(4.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Country

   A country is a region legally identified as a distinct entity in political geography. A country may be an independent sovereign state or one that is occupied by another state, as a non-sovereign or formerly sovereign political division, or a geographic region associated with sets of previously independent or differently associated peoples with distinct political characteristics. Regardless of the physical geography, in the modern internationally accepted legal definition as defined by the League of Nations in 1937 and reaffirmed by the United Nations in 1945, a resident of a country is subject to the independent exercise of legal jurisdiction. Sometimes the word country is used to refer both to sovereign states and to other political entities, while other times it refers only to states. For example, the CIA World Factbook uses the word in its "Country name" field to refer to "a wide variety of dependencies, areas of special sovereignty, uninhabited islands, and other entities in addition to the traditional countries or independent states".

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(1.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Country

   kun′tri, n. a rural region as distinct from a town: a tract of land: the land in which one was born, or in which one resides.—adj. belonging to the country: rustic: rude.—p.adj. Coun′trified.—v.t. Coun′trify, to make rustic.—ns. Coun′try-box, a country-house; Coun′try-dance, a dance practised by country people: a dance in which an indefinite number of couples can take part, the gentlemen being arranged at the commencement on one side, and the ladies on the other.—n.pl. Coun′try-folk, the inhabitants of the country.—ns. Coun′try-house, -seat, the residence of a country gentleman; Coun′tryman, one who lives in the country: a farmer: one born in the same country with another; Coun′try-side, a district or part of the country; Coun′try-woman, a woman who dwells in the country: a woman born in the same country.—Country cousin, a relative from the country, unaccustomed to town sights or manners; Country gentleman, a landed proprietor who resides on his estate in the country; Country town, a small town in a rural district, depending on the agricultural industry of the surrounding country.—Go to the country, in parliamentary usage, to appeal to the feeling of the community by a general election. [O. Fr., contrée—Low L. contrata, contrada, an extension of L. contra, over against.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. country

   A term synonymous with station. The place whither a ship happens to be ordered.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. country

   A specific area of land defined in legislation.

   Many countries are defined legally and some countries are united with other countries to form a nation or sovereign state.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 23, 2020  

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   country

   A group of people in a specific geographical area defined in legislation with a structure of unity government in the form of all types of local unity government, regional unity government, national unity government that work in partnership with the european unity government and international unity government to cocreate an ethical, moral, fair and just society with the focus on priorities of optimum health, human rights, right to life, civil rights, balanced and moderate society with the redistribution of income, wealth and resources to ensure and guarantee shared prosperity for all

   The country did create a form of unity government structure across the country.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on April 3, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Administrative District
   • Geographical Area
   • People
   • Political Unit
   • Region

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'country' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #270

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'country' in Written Corpus Frequency: #453

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'country' in Nouns Frequency: #29

How to pronounce country?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say country in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of country in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of country in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of country in a Sentence

1. Willa Cather:

   Winter lies too long in country towns hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen.

2. John Thune:

   I think the politics work for both sides, i think that if you're a Republican you want to prove that you're not just here to completely block and stop the entire agenda if you find areas that are good for you know the country and then you want to be a part of trying to solve those problems.

3. Felix Pensulo Phiri:

   As a country, we are so worried about this problem, every year, there are certain districts that don't have enough food.

4. Senate President Bukola Saraki:

   The dwindling oil revenue has brought enormous shock to our economy and greatly limited the capacity of government at various levels to meet even basic commitments, our country has gone through periods of recession in the past. What we face today is however unprecedented in ramification and potential gravity.

5. Eric Trump:

   We live in the greatest country in the world, and we will never, ever, ever stop fighting.

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