A people permanently occupying a fixed territory bound together by common law, habits and custom into one body politic exercising, through the medium of an organized government, independent sovereignty and control over all persons and things within its boundaries, unless or until authority is ceded to a federation or union of other states.
A political entity asserting ultimate authority over a geographical area.
A rural area, the countryside - as opposed to a city or town.
The land region of a person's birth, citizenship, residence, etc.
The people living within the boundaries of a sovereign state.
A set region of land having particular human occupation or agreed limits, especially inhabited by members of the same race, language speakers etc., or associated with a given person, occupation, species etc.
A tract of land of undefined size.
The geographic area under the control of a political state.
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"
rough and uncouth; "a country boy"
(of music) characteristic of rural life
an area outside of cities and towns; "his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country"
the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries"
typical of the country; "country-style sausage"; "country music"
the people of a nation or country or a community of persons bound by a common heritage; "a nation of Catholics"; "the whole country worshipped him"
a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"
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"
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"
the people who live in a nation or country
a politically organized body of people under a single government
a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
