country
Meaning of country
- (chiefly British) An area of land; a district, region.
- A set region of land having particular human occupation or agreed limits, especially inhabited by members of the same race, speakers of the same language etc., or associated with a given person, occupation, species etc.
- The territory of a nation, especially an independent nation state or formerly independent nation; a political entity asserting ultimate authority over a geographical area; a sovereign state.
- (usually preceded by “the”) A rural area, as opposed to a town or city; the countryside.
- The rock through which a vein runs.
- The female genitalia, especially the vagina.
- From or in the countryside or connected with it.
- Of or connected to country music.
noun
A style of popular music that originated in the folk music of the rural population of the southern and western United States and characterized by string-band instruments and simple melodies.
Information about country
- The plural form of country is: countries.
- Languages in which country is used:
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Hyphenation of country
coun-try
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- country is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
country synonyms
Meaning state:
state, land, nation, commonwealth
Meaning nation:
Meaning area:
Translation of country
- German: Staat, Land, Nation
- Spanish: estado, país, nación, campo, pueblo, territorio, región, terreno
- French: état, pays, campagne, ülke, contrée, terre
- Italian: stato, paese, nazione, campagna, regione, territorio
- Portuguese: estado, país, nação, pais, campo
Words that rhyme with country
Bantry, Gantry, Infantry, Lantry, chantry, elephantry, errantry, gallantry, gantry, giantry, infantry, ingallantry, kantry, lieutenantry, merchantry, noninfantry, pageantry, pantry, peasantry, pedantry, pheasantry, pleasantry, sergeantry, serjeantry, servantry, sycophantry, tenantry, truantry, unpleasantry, vacantry, Centry, Coventry, Daventry, Gentry, adventry, agentry, ancientry, argentry, carpentry, centry, clientry, componentry, counterentry, coventry, entry, gentry, misentry, nonentry, outsentry, overentry