country

Words with a similar base: country

'country'

[state.n.04] as in: a politically organized body of people under a single government

Examples:
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

'country'

[country.n.02] as in: the territory occupied by a nation

Examples:
he returned to the land of his birth
he visited several European countries

'country'

[nation.n.02] as in: the people who live in a nation or country

Examples:
a statement that sums up the nation's mood
the news was announced to the nation
the whole country worshipped him

'country'

[country.n.04] as in: an area outside of cities and towns

Examples:
his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country

'country'

[area.n.01] as in: a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)

Examples:
it was a mountainous area
Bible country

Origins

					country (English)
└── contree (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── contree (Old French (842-ca. 1400))

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