country

noun countries · contree · countrey · contrey · countre · countrie

1. countable, uncountable The territory of a nation; a sovereign state or a region once independent and still distinct in institutions, language, etc. By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country.
2. countable, uncountable A large area regarded as distinct from other areas, e.g. because it is inhabited by a specific group of people Basque Country
3. UK, countable, especially, uncountable An area of land of undefined extent; a region, a district. We walk along flat, open country, red dirt and spinifex grass, a few short trees[…].
4. UK, countable, especially, uncountable An area of land of indefinite extent or of more or less definite extent in relation to human occupation, especially characterized by its particular physical features, or its suitability for a particular activity or connected with its population (by race, dialect, culture, etc.) or a person, especially a writer, or their works. Thomas Hardy country
5. uncountable A rural area, as opposed to a town or city; the countryside. I was borne and brought up in the Countrie, and amidst husbandry[…].
6. countable, uncountable The inhabitants or people of a district, region, or nation; the populace, the public. a scandal that rocked the country
7. Australia, capitalized, countable, uncountable, usually Traditional lands of Indigenous people with embedded cultural, spiritual, cosmological, ecological, and physical attributes and values. "Me like my country — no much too hot, no much too cold. By and bye, white fellow come — soldier-man come. White fellow say, this our land, that our land — ALL country our land. Black fellow say no! my country no white fellow's country, and black fellow take spear.
8. abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Ellipsis of country music a country song
9. countable, informal, uncountable The spirit of the country (rural places): the spirit of country folkways; those folkways. You can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy.
10. countable, uncountable The rock through which a vein of ore or coal runs.

Similar: country, sovereign country, sovereign state

adjective countrier · more country · countriest · most country · contree · countrey

1. From or in the countryside, connected with it, or typical of it. Things around here are just a little more country than what he's used to.
2. Of or connected to country music. They're mainly a hard rock band, but their new album sounds kinda country to me.
3. India Originating in India rather than being imported from abroad. We have seen that the Company manufactured silk stuffs at three of its Residencies, but from country-wound silk.

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