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country

/ˈkɐntɹi/

noun

Meaning

  • (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.

adjective

Meaning

  • From or in the countryside or connected with it.

  • Of or connected to country music.

noun

Meaning

  • 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.

Synonyms

country,
country and western,
country-western music