a state or nation

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the territory of a nation.

the people of a district, state, or nation

The whole country backed the president in his decision.

the land of one's birth or citizenship.

rural districts, including farmland, parkland, and other sparsely populated areas, as opposed to cities or towns

Many city dwellers like to spend their vacations in the country.

any considerable territory demarcated by topographical conditions, by a distinctive population, etc.

mountainous country; the Amish country of Pennsylvania.

a tract of land considered apart from any geographical or political limits; region; district.

the public.

Law . the public at large, as represented by a jury.

country music.

of, from, or characteristic of the country; rural

a winding country road.

of, pertaining to, or associated with country music

That Nashville station plays country records all day long.

rude; unpolished; rustic

country manners.

of, from, or pertaining to a particular country.

Obsolete . of one's own country. ?

go to the country, British . to dissolve a Parliament that has cast a majority vote disagreeing with the prime minister and cabinet and to call for the election of a new House of Commons. Also

appeal to the country.

put oneself upon the or one's country

Law . to present one's cause formally before a jury.

adjective

city , metropolitan , urban

noun

city , metropolis , urbanity

adjective

agrarian , agrestic , arcadian , bucolic , campestral , countrified , georgic , homey , out-country , outland , provincial , rustic , uncultured , unpolished , unrefined , unsophisticatednotes:country really refers to geographical characteristics while nation refers to political and social characteristics; country comes from latin contrata (terra) \'the landscape in front of one , the landscape lying opposite to the view\' and nation is from latin nation-/natio \'race , class of person\'a nation is made up of states - and a country is a nation defined geographically , pastoral , rural , autochthonous , countryfied , enchorial , idyllic , indigenous , patrial , theocritean , unsophisticated , villatic

noun

citizenry , citizens , commonwealth , community , constituents , electors , grass roots , homeland , inhabitants , kingdom , land , native land , patria , people , polity , populace , public , realm , region , society , soil , sovereign state , state , terrain , votersnotes:country really refers to geographical characteristics while nation refers to political and social characteristics; country comes from latin contrata (terra) \'the landscape in front of one , the landscape lying opposite to the view\' and nation is from latin nation-/natio \'race , class of person\'a nation is made up of states - and a country is a nation defined geographically , back country , backwoods , boondocks * , boonies , bush , countryside , cow country , farmland , farms , forests , green belt , hinterland , middle of nowhere , outback , outdoors , province , sticks , up country , wide open space , wilderness , wilds , woodlands , woodsnotes:country really refers to geographical characteristics while nation refers to political and social characteristics; country comes from latin contrata (terra) \'the landscape in front of one , body politic , nation , district , god\'s country , boondocks , enclave , farm , farming region , fatherland , home , idyll , motherland , outland , pastoral , peninsularity , provincialism , provinciality , rural , rural parts , rustication , rusticity , territory , villa