Country — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a politically organized body of people under a single government

the territory occupied by a nation

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈʌntɹi/

🇬🇧British English

/kˈʌntɹi/

🇮🇳Indian English

/kˈʌntɹi/

2 syllables Say it as /kˈʌntɹi/.

Examples

the state has elected a new president
African nations
students who had come to the nation's capitol

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

rural area nation body politic state commonwealth land area res publica

Antonyms

urban area

Parts of Speech

noun	a politically organized body of people under a single government “the state has elected a new president”
noun	the territory occupied by a nation “he returned to the land of his birth”
noun	the people who live in a nation or country “a statement that sums up the nation's mood”
noun	an area outside of cities and towns “his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country”
noun	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”

Word Forms

areal

adjective

of or relating to or involving an area

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Land

eine politisch organisierte Gruppe von Menschen unter einer einzigen Regierung

🇫🇷French

pays

un corps de personnes politiquement organisé sous un gouvernement unique

🇪🇸Spanish

país

un cuerpo de personas políticamente organizado bajo un solo gobierno

🇮🇹Italian

Paese

un corpo di persone politicamente organizzato sotto un unico governo

🇳🇱Dutch

land

een politiek georganiseerd geheel van mensen onder één enkele regering

🇵🇹Portuguese

país

um corpo de pessoas politicamente organizado sob um único governo

🇷🇺Russian

страна

политически организованная группа людей под единым правительством

India

🇮🇳Hindi

देश

एक ही सरकार के अधीन लोगों का राजनीतिक रूप से संगठित निकाय

🇧🇩Bengali

দেশ

একক সরকারের অধীনে জনগণের একটি রাজনৈতিকভাবে সংগঠিত সংস্থা

🇮🇳Tamil

நாடு

ஒரே அரசாங்கத்தின் கீழ் அரசியல் ரீதியாக ஒழுங்கமைக்கப்பட்ட மக்கள் அமைப்பு

🇮🇳Telugu

దేశం

ఒకే ప్రభుత్వం క్రింద రాజకీయంగా వ్యవస్థీకృత వ్యక్తుల సంఘం

🇮🇳Marathi

देश

एकाच सरकारच्या अंतर्गत लोकांची राजकीयदृष्ट्या संघटित संस्था

🇮🇳Gujarati

દેશ

એક જ સરકાર હેઠળ લોકોની રાજકીય રીતે સંગઠિત સંસ્થા

🇮🇳Kannada

ದೇಶ

ಒಂದೇ ಸರ್ಕಾರದ ಅಡಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ರಾಜಕೀಯವಾಗಿ ಸಂಘಟಿತ ಜನರ ದೇಹ

🇮🇳Malayalam

രാജ്യം

ഒരൊറ്റ ഗവൺമെൻ്റിന് കീഴിലുള്ള ഒരു രാഷ്ട്രീയ സംഘടിത ജനസമൂഹം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਦੇਸ਼

ਇੱਕ ਸਰਕਾਰ ਦੇ ਅਧੀਨ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਦੀ ਇੱਕ ਸਿਆਸੀ ਤੌਰ 'ਤੇ ਸੰਗਠਿਤ ਸੰਸਥਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

ملک

ایک ہی حکومت کے تحت لوگوں کا سیاسی طور پر منظم ادارہ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

国家

单一政府领导下的政治组织的人民团体

🇯🇵Japanese

国

単一の政府の下で政治的に組織された人々の集団

🇰🇷Korean

국가

단일 정부 아래 정치적으로 조직된 사람들의 집단

🇻🇳Vietnamese

quốc gia

một cơ quan tổ chức chính trị của người dân dưới một chính phủ duy nhất

🇹🇭Thai

ประเทศ

กลุ่มคนที่จัดระเบียบทางการเมืองภายใต้รัฐบาลเดียว

🇮🇩Indonesian

negara

kumpulan orang-orang yang terorganisir secara politik di bawah satu pemerintahan

🇵🇭Filipino

bansa

isang politically organized body of people sa ilalim ng iisang gobyerno

🇲🇾Malay

negara

sekumpulan orang yang tersusun secara politik di bawah satu kerajaan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

دولة

مجموعة منظمة سياسيا من الناس تحت حكومة واحدة

🇮🇷Persian

کشور

یک بدنه سازمان یافته سیاسی از مردم تحت یک دولت واحد

🇹🇷Turkish

ülke

tek bir hükümet altında politik olarak örgütlenmiş insanlardan oluşan bir grup

🇮🇱Hebrew

מְדִינָה

גוף מאורגן פוליטית של אנשים תחת ממשלה אחת

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The primary meaning of 'country' is 'a politically organized body of people under a single government'.

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'country' is a standard word used primarily in general literature and formal communications.

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