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Country

/ˈkɐntɹi/

(chiefly British) An area of land; a district, region.

📖 Definitions of "Country"

noun
  1. 1

    (chiefly British) An area of land; a district, region.

  2. 2

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

  3. 3

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

  4. 4

    (usually preceded by “the”) A rural area, as opposed to a town or city; the countryside.

adjective
  1. 1

    From or in the countryside or connected with it.

  2. 2

    Of or connected to country music.

noun
  1. 1

    A style of popular music that originated in the folk music of the rural population of the southern and western United States and characterized by string-band instruments and simple melodies.

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