country
adj 1: rough and uncouth; "a country boy" [syn: {country(a)}, {country-bred}]
2: typical of the country; "country-style sausage"; "country
music" [syn: {country-style}, {country(a)}]
3: (of music) characteristic of rural life [syn: {country(a)},
{folk(a)}, {hillbilly}, {western(a)}]
n 1: the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land
of his birth"; "he visited several European countries"
[syn: {state}, {land}, {nation}]
2: a politically organized body of people under a single
government; "the state has elected a new president" [syn:
{state}, {nation}, {land}, {commonwealth}, {res publica},
{body politic}]
3: 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" [syn: {nation}, {nationality},
{land}, {a people}]
4: 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" [syn: {area}]
5: an area outside of cities and towns; "his poetry celebrated
the slower pace of life in the country" [syn: {rural area}]
[ant: {urban area}]