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Country Definition

kŭntrē
countries
noun
countries
A nation or state.
American Heritage
The whole land or territory of a nation or state.
Webster's New World
The people of a nation or state.
Webster's New World
An area of land; region.
Wooded country.
Webster's New World
The land of a person's birth or citizenship.
Webster's New World
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adjective
Of, in, or from a rural district.
Webster's New World
Characteristic of or like that of the country; rustic.
Webster's New World
Of or relating to country music.
American Heritage
Of one's own country; native.
Webster's New World

From or in the countryside or connected with it.

Wiktionary
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idiom
in country
  • In Vietnam during the period of US military operations there:
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Country

Noun

Singular:
country
Plural:
countries

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Country

  • in country

Origin of Country

  • Middle English countre from Old French contree from Vulgar Latin (terra) contrāta (land) opposite, before from Latin contrā opposite kom in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English contree, contre, from Old French contree, from Vulgar Latin (terra) contrata (“(land) lying opposite; (land) spread before”), derived from contra (“against, opposite”).

    From Wiktionary

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