country in WordNet English dictionary

1. 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"
   area  country 
   
2. 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"
   state  nation  country  land  commonwealth  res publica  body politic 
   
3. 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"
   nation  land  country 
   
4. the territory occupied by a nation
   "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries"
   country  state  land 
   
5. an area outside of cities and towns
   "his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country"
   country  rural area