countries

n. state, nation; region; rural area; inhabitants of a particular nation; one's homeland, one's native land; any region or district that has distinct qualities

In political geography and international politics, a country is a political division of a geographical entity, a sovereign territory, most commonly associated with the notions of state or nation and government. In common usage, the term is used casually in the sense of both "nation" (a cultural entity; see below) and "state" (a political entity; see below). Definitions may vary. It is sometimes used to refer to both states and some other political entities., while in some occasions it refers only to state. It is not uncommon for general information or statistical publications to adopt the wider definition for purposes such as illustration and comparison.
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Noun
1. the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries"
(synonym) state, land
(hypernym) administrative district, administrative division, territorial division
(hyponym) banana republic
(member-meronym) department
(part-meronym) domain, demesne, land
2. a politically organized body of people under a single government; "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"
(synonym) state, nation, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic
(hypernym) political unit
(hyponym) Dominion
(part-meronym) estate, estate of the realm
3. the people who live in a nation or country; "a statement that sums up the nation's mood"; "the news was announced to the nation"; "the whole country worshipped him"
(synonym) nation, land, a people
(hypernym) people
(hyponym) Dutch, Dutch people
(member-meronym) national, subject
4. an area outside of cities and towns; "his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country"
(synonym) rural area
(hypernym) geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
(hyponym) backwoods, back country, boondocks, hinterland
(part-meronym) pasture, pastureland, grazing land, lea, ley
5. 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"; "Bible country"
(synonym) area
(hypernym) region
(hyponym) arena

(pl. )
of Country
  

countries; without water