country

the territory occupied by a nation

• “he returned to the land of his birth”
• “he visited several European countries”

a politically organized body of people under a single government

• “the state has elected a new president”
• “African nations”
• “students who had come to the nation”
• “;”
• “s largest manufacturer”
• “an industrialized land”

the people who live in a nation or country

• “a statement that sums up the nation”
• “;”
• “;”

an area outside of cities and towns

• “his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country”

a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)

• “it was a mountainous area”
• “Bible country”