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Meaning of country

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

country

Pronunciation:/ˈkɐntɹi//ˈkʌntɹi//ˈkʌntɹi//ˈkʌntɹi/

noun

Definitions

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

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

adjective

Definitions

  1. From or in the countryside or connected with it.

  2. Of or connected to country music.

noun

Definitions

  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.