Kilo Lingo

country

/ˈkʌntri/

#157 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

A land with its own people, government, and borders, like France or Japan.

Word origin

From Old French contree, from Latin contrata, meaning the land lying opposite or spread before you.

Origin
Old French
Root
contree

Grammar

Gender
Pluralcountriesirregular

Examples

France is beautiful country.

"Country" means a land with its own people and borders.

visited many countries.

"Countries" is the plural, meaning more than one country.

left city live country.

Here "country" means the open land away from towns.

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This word is part of lesson 4.