country

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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adj. country

n. country, 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

(adv.)
The rock through which a vein runs.
  

(adv.)
The inhabitants or people of a state or a region; the populace; the public. Hence: (a) One's constituents. (b) The whole body of the electors of state; as, to dissolve Parliament and appeal to the country.
  

(adv.)
The inhabitants of the district from which a jury is drawn.
  

(adv.)
Rural regions, as opposed to a city or town.
  

(adv.)
A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a personal pronoun) the region of one's birth, permanent residence, or citizenship.
  

(adv.)
A jury, as representing the citizens of a country.
  

(a.)
Pertaining, or peculiar, to one's own country.
  

(a.)
Pertaining to the regions remote from a city; rural; rustic; as, a country life; a country town; the country party, as opposed to city.
  

(a.)
Destitute of refinement; rude; unpolished; rustic; not urbane; as, country manners.