country

Definitions

• (chiefly British) An area of land; a district, region.
• A set region of land having particular human occupation or agreed limits, especially inhabited by members of the same race, speakers of the same language etc., or associated with a given person, occupation, species etc.
• The territory of a nation, especially an independent nation state or formerly independent nation; a political entity asserting ultimate authority over a geographical area; a sovereign state.
• (uncountable) A rural area, as opposed to a town or city; the countryside.
• (mining) The rock through which a vein runs.
• (vulgar) The female genitalia, especially the vagina.