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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