Country

  • 31country — coun|try [ kʌntri ] noun *** 1. ) count an area of land that has its own government and official borders: Ministers from four Arab countries met today in Cairo. We do not have capital punishment in this country. He felt he had betrayed his… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 32country — 1 / kVntri/ noun 1 (C) an area of land that is controlled by its own government, president, king etc: Pakistan became a fully independent country shortly after the Second World War. compare nation (1), see also: mother country, see land 1 2 the… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 33country — I. noun (plural countries) Etymology: Middle English contree, from Anglo French cuntree, contré, from Medieval Latin contrata, from Latin contra against, on the opposite side Date: 13th century 1. an indefinite usually extended expanse of land ;… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 34country*/*/*/ — [ˈkʌntri] noun 1) [C] an area of land that has its own government and official borders We have offices in 15 European countries.[/ex] soldiers who fight for their country[/ex] 2) the country [singular] areas away from towns and cities, consisting …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 35country — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. land, region, tract, district, territory; countryside, plain, fields, the sticks (inf.); state, people, fatherland, home, nation; power. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Said of people, manners, etc.] Syn.… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 36country — The territory occupied by an independent nation or people, or the inhabitants of such territory. In the primary meaning country denotes the population, the nation, the state, or the government, having possession and dominion over a territory.… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 37country — The territory occupied by an independent nation or people, or the inhabitants of such territory. In the primary meaning country denotes the population, the nation, the state, or the government, having possession and dominion over a territory.… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 38country — A nation or land, also the people of a nation or state; any place out of court; the persons living in the district available for jury duty; a jury. A settlement in pais (in the country) is a settlement out of court. As the word country is used in …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 39country — see in the country of the blind, the one eyed man is king happy is the country which has no history you can take the boy out of the country but you can’t take the country out of the boy God made the country, and man made the town a nation without …

    Proverbs new dictionary

  • 40Country — (Voz inglesa.) ► adjetivo/ sustantivo masculino MÚSICA Estilo de música popular propia de la población blanca del sureste de Estados Unidos. * * * country (ingl.; pronunc. [cáuntri]) adj. y n. m. Se aplica a un tipo de música popular de los… …

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