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country
What does country mean?
country (noun): the territory of a nation; a sovereign state or a region once independent and still distinct in institutions, language, etc.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce country?
/ˈkʌntɹi/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does country come from?
Inherited from Middle English contre, borrowed from Old French contree, from Vulgar Latin *(terra) contrāta (“facing land”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of country?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “country” mean?
a general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; a combat, an engagement
Not quite: that's what battle means.
an amount of space between points (often geographical points), usually (but not necessarily) measured along a straight line
Not quite: that's what distance means.
a polygon with four straight sides of equal length and four right angles; an equilateral rectangle; a regular quadrilateral
Not quite: that's what square means.
the territory of a nation; a sovereign state or a region once independent and still distinct in institutions, language, etc
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Which word is closest in meaning to “country”?
nation
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season
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number
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course
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