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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (5)

1. a politically organized body of people under a single government;
- Example: "the state has elected a new president"
- Example: "African nations"
- Example: "students who had come to the nation's capitol"
- Example: "the country's largest manufacturer"
- Example: "an industrialized land"
[syn: state, nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic]

2. the territory occupied by a nation;
- Example: "he returned to the land of his birth"
- Example: "he visited several European countries"
[syn: country, state, land]

3. the people who live in a nation or country;
- Example: "a statement that sums up the nation's mood"
- Example: "the news was announced to the nation"
- Example: "the whole country worshipped him"
[syn: nation, land, country]

4. an area outside of cities and towns;
- Example: "his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country"
[syn: country, rural area]

5. a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography);
- Example: "it was a mountainous area"
- Example: "Bible country"
[syn: area, country]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Country \Coun"try\ (k?n"tr?), n.; pl. Countries (-tr?z). [F.
   contr['e]e, LL. contrata, fr. L. contra over against, on the
   opposite side. Cf. Counter, adv., Contra.]
   1. 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.
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            Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred. --Gen.
                                                  xxxxii. 9.
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            I might have learned this by my last exile,
            that change of countries cannot change my state.
                                                  --Stirling.
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            Many a famous realm
            And country, whereof here needs no account --Milton.
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   2. Rural regions, as opposed to a city or town.
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            As they walked, on their way into the country.
                                                  --Mark xvi. 12
                                                  (Rev. Ver. ).
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            God made the covatry, and man made the town.
                                                  --Cowper.
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            Only very great men were in the habit of dividing
            the year between town and country.    --Macaulay.
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   3. 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.
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                All the country in a general voice
                Cried hate upon him.              --Shak.
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   4. (Law)
      (a) A jury, as representing the citizens of a country.
      (b) The inhabitants of the district from which a jury is
          drawn.
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   5. (Mining.) The rock through which a vein runs.
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   Conclusion to the country. See under Conclusion.

   To put one's self upon the country, or To throw one's self
   upon the country, to appeal to one's constituents; to stand
      trial before a jury.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Country \Coun"try\, a.
   1. Pertaining to the regions remote from a city; rural;
      rustic; as, a country life; a country town; the country
      party, as opposed to city.
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   2. Destitute of refinement; rude; unpolished; rustic; not
      urbane; as, country manners.
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   3. Pertaining, or peculiar, to one's own country.
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            She, bowing herself towards him, laughing the cruel
            tyrant to scorn, spake in her country language. --2
                                                  Macc. vii. 27.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

country
    n 1: 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" [syn: state, nation, country,
         land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic]
    2: the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land
       of his birth"; "he visited several European countries" [syn:
       country, state, land]
    3: 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" [syn: nation,
       land, country]
    4: an area outside of cities and towns; "his poetry celebrated
       the slower pace of life in the country" [syn: country,
       rural area] [ant: populated area, urban area]
    5: 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" [syn: area, country]