Meaning & Definition of Country in English

1. 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"

2. The territory occupied by a nation

• "He returned to the land of his birth"

• "He visited several european countries"

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"

4. An area outside of cities and towns

• "His poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country"

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"