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Found 3 items, similar to country.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: country
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: country
country
n 1: the territory occupied by a nation;
“he returned to the land
of his birth”;
“he visited several European countries”
[syn:
state,
land]
2: 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,
land,
commonwealth,
res publica,
body politic]
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,
a people]
4: an area outside of cities and towns;
“his poetry celebrated
the slower pace of life in the country” [syn:
rural area]
[ant:
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]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Country
Country
\Coun"try\, a.
1. Pertaining to the regions remote from a city; rural;
rustic; as, a country life; a country town; the country
party, as opposed to city.
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2. Destitute of refinement; rude; unpolished; rustic; not
urbane; as, country manners.
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3. Pertaining, or peculiar, to one's own country.
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She, bowing herself towards him, laughing the cruel
tyrant to scorn, spake in her country language. --2
Macc. vii. 27.
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Country
\Coun"try\ (k?n"tr?), n.; pl.
Countries (-tr?z). [F.
contr['e]e, LL. contrata, fr. L. contra over against, on the
opposite side. Cf.
Counter, adv.,
Contra.]
1. A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent
nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with
a personal pronoun) the region of one's birth, permanent
residence, or citizenship.
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Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred. --Gen.
xxxxii. 9.
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I might have learned this by my last exile,
that change of countries cannot change my state.
--Stirling.
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Many a famous realm
And country, whereof here needs no account --Milton.
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2. Rural regions, as opposed to a city or town.
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As they walked, on their way into the country.
--Mark xvi. 12
(Rev. Ver. ).
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God made the covatry, and man made the town.
--Cowper.
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Only very great men were in the habit of dividing
the year between town and country. --Macaulay.
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3. The inhabitants or people of a state or a region; the
populace; the public. Hence:
(a) One's constituents.
(b) The whole body of the electors of state; as, to
dissolve Parliament and appeal to the country.
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All the country in a general voice
Cried hate upon him. --Shak.
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4. (Law)
(a) A jury, as representing the citizens of a country.
(b) The inhabitants of the district from which a jury is
drawn.
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5. (Mining.) The rock through which a vein runs.
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Conclusion to the country. See under
Conclusion.
To put one's self upon the country, or
To throw one's self upon the country
, to appeal to one's constituents; to stand
trial before a jury.
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