country.
The territory of a nation; a sovereign state or a region once independent and still distinct in institutions, language, etc.
Meaning & usage
The territory of a nation; a sovereign state or a region once independent and still distinct in institutions, language, etc.
A large area regarded as distinct from other areas, e.g. because it is inhabited by a specific group of people
Basque Country
An area of land of undefined extent; a region, a district.
An area of land of undefined extent; a region, a district. 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
Hikers love the wild country that lies northwest of this river confluence.
A rural area, as opposed to a town or city; the countryside.
I grew up in the country with a 12-gauge shotgun.
The inhabitants or people of a district, region, or nation; the populace, the public.
a scandal that rocked the country
Traditional lands of Indigenous people with embedded cultural, spiritual, cosmological, ecological, and physical attributes and values.
Ellipsis of country music.
a country song
a country singer
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.
The rock through which a vein of ore or coal runs.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrā Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin -āta Vulgar Latin *(terra) contrāta Old French contreebor. Middle English contre English country Inherited from Middle English contre, borrowed from Old French contree, from Vulgar Latin *(terra) contrāta (“facing land”), from Latin contrā (“against”) + -āta (noun-forming suffix). Cognate with Scots kintra. Unrelated to county. Displaced native English land in some of its senses. From around 1300 as "area surrounding a walled city or town; the open country." By early 16th century the sense was applied mostly to rural areas, as opposed to towns and cities. Compare typologically Russian страна́ (straná), сторона́ (storoná).
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.
Of or connected to country music.
They're mainly a hard rock band, but their new album sounds kinda country to me.
Originating in India rather than being imported from abroad.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrā Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin -āta Vulgar Latin *(terra) contrāta Old French contreebor. Middle English contre English country Inherited from Middle English contre, borrowed from Old French contree, from Vulgar Latin *(terra) contrāta (“facing land”), from Latin contrā (“against”) + -āta (noun-forming suffix). Cognate with Scots kintra. Unrelated to county. Displaced native English land in some of its senses. From around 1300 as "area surrounding a walled city or town; the open country." By early 16th century the sense was applied mostly to rural areas, as opposed to towns and cities. Compare typologically Russian страна́ (straná), сторона́ (storoná).
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