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country

noun

the people who live in a nation or country

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Word length
7
Starts with
C
Ends with
Y
Contains
OU
Scrabble score
12
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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noun

  1. the people who live in a nation or country

    “a statement that sums up the nation's mood”

noun

  1. a politically organized body of people under a single government

    “the state has elected a new president”

noun

  1. 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”

noun

  1. the territory occupied by a nation

    “he returned to the land of his birth”

noun

  1. an area outside of cities and towns

    “his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country”

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Example Sentences

a statement that sums up the nation's mood
the news was announced to the nation
the whole country worshipped him
the state has elected a new president
African nations
students who had come to the nation's capitol
the country's largest manufacturer
an industrialized land
it was a mountainous area
Bible country
he returned to the land of his birth
he visited several European countries
his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country

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