country

Noun

• 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
    

• an area outside of cities and towns
  • his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country
    

• 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
    

• 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 capitol
    
  • the country's largest manufacturer
    
  • an industrialized land
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  area , rural area , nation , land , state , commonwealth , res publica , body politic
• Antonyms: 
  urban area , populated area