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Etymology

Middle English contree, contre, from Old French contree, from Vulgar Latin (terra) contrata (“(land) lying opposite; (land) spread before”), derived from contra (“against, opposite”).

Pronunciation

Noun

Wikipedia has an article on: Country

Wikipedia country (plural countries)

  1. A nation state, a political entity asserting ultimate authority over a geographical area.
    Australia is both a country and a continent.
  2. A former independent nation state (e.g., England or Scotland).
  3. (usually preceded by “the”) A rural area, as opposed to a town or city; countryside.
    I come from the country — I'd hate to live in the city now, I'm so used to the woodland and meadows.
    These animals are now found only in the high country.
  4. Short for country music, a genre of popular music that has rural Southern roots and embraces numerous subgenres and styles.

See also

Adjective

country (not comparable)

  1. From the countryside or connected with it.
  2. Of or connected to country music.

Translations

of, from or pertaining to the countryside (adjective)
  • Arabic: رِيفِيّ (rīfi), نِسْبَة إلَى الرِّيف (nísba ’íla r-rīf)
  • Armenian: գյուղական hy(hy) (gyuġakan), շինական hy(hy) (šinakan)
  • Breton: diwar ar maez
  • Bulgarian: провинциален bg(bg)
  • Catalan: campestre ca(ca) m. and f.
  • Chinese:
    Simplified: 乡下的 (xiāngxià de)
    Traditional: 鄉下的
  • Dutch: plattelands, boeren-, land-
  • Finnish: maalainen fi(fi), maalais- fi(fi), maaseutu fi(fi)
  • French: de la campagne, de province, de la contrée
  • German: ländlich, Land-
  • Greek: αγροτικός (agrotikós), εξοχικός (exokhikós), επαρχιώτικος (eparkhiótikos)
  • Hebrew: כפרי (kafry) m., כפרית (kafryt) f.
  • Hungarian: vidéki hu(hu)
  • Indonesian: desa id(id)
  • Interlingua: rural, campestre
  • Italian: di campagna, rurale
  • Japanese: 田舎 (いなか, inaká), 田舎 の (いなか の, inaká no), 田園 (でんえん, den’en), 地方 の (ちほう の, chihō no)
  • Korean: 시골 (sigol), 시골의 (sigol-ui)
  • Latin: paganus, rusticus, rusticanus, rusticulus; rustice (adv.)
  • Macedonian: селски mk(mk) (sélski) m.
  • Norwegian: landsens no(no)
  • Novial: rural
  • Persian: روستایی (rustāyi), حاشیه نشین fa(fa)
  • Polish: wiejski pl(pl)
  • Portuguese: rural, campestre, do campo, grosseiro
  • Romanian: rural ro(ro), ţara ro(ro)
  • Russian: деревенский (derevénskij), сельский (sél’skij)
  • Scottish Gaelic: dùthchail, tìreil
  • Slovak: dedinský m., dedinská f., dedinské n.; vidiecky m., vidiecka f., vidiecke n.
  • Slovene: podeželsko, vaško
  • Spanish: de campo es(es), campesino es(es), campestre es(es), de provincia es(es), provinciano es(es)
  • Swahili: -a kimashamba
  • Swedish: land-, lands-
  • Thai: ทางชนบท (thaang chohn bòht)
  • Turkish: kırsal tr(tr)

French

Etymology

From English

Noun

country m (usually uncountable)

  1. country music

Italian

Etymology

From English

Noun

country m. inv.

  1. (music) country music

 

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