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
Synonyms:
- mother and apple pie
- the flag
- la patrie (French)
- Vaterland (German)
- roots
- all we hold dear
- patria (Latin)
- mother-country
- motherland
- fatherland
- native-land
- homeland
- frontier
- the provinces
- mountains
Antonyms:
- municipality
- urban area
- city
- metropolis
- urbanity
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
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
idiom
in country
- In Vietnam during the period of US military operations there:
American Heritage
Other Word Forms of Country
Noun
Singular:
country
Plural:
countriesIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Country
- in country
Origin of Country
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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
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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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