country
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/ˈkɐntɹi/
English
Definitions
noun
- (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.
adjective
- 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.
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Synonyms
countrycountry and westerncountry-western musicbody politicnationres publicacommonwealthnationalityfolkruralareahillbillywesternstatelandnonclassicala peoplecountry-bred