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coun·try (kuntrē)

noun pl. countries -·tries

  1. an area of land; region wooded country
  2. the whole land or territory of a nation or state
  3. the people of a nation or state
  4. the land of a person's birth or citizenship
  5. land with farms and small towns; rural region, as distinguished from a city or town
  6. country music

Etymology: ME contre < OFr contrée < VL *(regio) contrata, region lying opposite < L contra: see contra-

adjective

  1. of, in, or from a rural district
  2. characteristic of or like that of the country; rustic
  3. Now Dial. of one's own country; native

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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