Country - Definition
country
n 1: 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
capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an
industrialized land" [syn: state, nation, country,
land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic]
2: the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land
of his birth"; "he visited several European countries" [syn:
country, state, land]
3: the people who live in a nation or country; "a statement that
sums up the nation's mood"; "the news was announced to the
nation"; "the whole country worshipped him" [syn: nation,
land, country]
4: an area outside of cities and towns; "his poetry celebrated
the slower pace of life in the country" [syn: country,
rural area] [ant: populated area, urban area]
5: 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" [syn: area, country]