Definition of Country

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Country

A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a personal pronoun) the region of one's birth, permanent residence, or citizenship.

Rural regions, as opposed to a city or town.

The inhabitants or people of a state or a region; the populace; the public. Hence: (a) One's constituents. (b) The whole body of the electors of state; as, to dissolve Parliament and appeal to the country.

A jury, as representing the citizens of a country.

The inhabitants of the district from which a jury is drawn.

The rock through which a vein runs.

Pertaining to the regions remote from a city; rural; rustic; as, a country life; a country town; the country party, as opposed to city.

Destitute of refinement; rude; unpolished; rustic; not urbane; as, country manners.

Pertaining, or peculiar, to one's own country.

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Country Quotations

I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.
Thomas Jefferson

I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.
Thomas Jefferson

If God is just, I tremble for my country.
Thomas Jefferson

Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.
Thomas Jefferson

Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road it will pass to destruction, to wit: by consolidation of power first, and then corruption, its necessary consequence.
Thomas Jefferson

We may consider each generation as a distinct nation, with a right, by the will of its majority, to bind themselves, but none to bind the succeeding generation, more than the inhabitants of another country.
Thomas Jefferson

In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
Thomas Jefferson

The spirit of this country is totally adverse to a large military force.
Thomas Jefferson

I know my country has not perfected itself. At times, we've struggled to keep the promise of liberty and equality for all of our people. We've made our share of mistakes, and there are times when our actions around the world have not lived up to our best intentions.
Barack Obama

The United States has been enriched by Muslim Americans. Many other Americans have Muslims in their families or have lived in a Muslim-majority country - I know, because I am one of them.
Barack Obama

Country Translations

country in Danish is land
country in Dutch is platteland, open veld
country in Finnish is maa
country in German is Gegend, Land, Land
country in Italian is terreno, campagna
country in Latin is terra, humus, solum
country in Norwegian is land
country in Swedish is bygd, land

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