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country
A	noun
	1	nation, land, country, a people
				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"
		Category Tree: group; grouping ╚people ╚nation, land, country, a people ╚Swiss; Swiss people; the Swiss ╚Spanish; Spanish people ╚French; French people ╚Irish; Irish people; the Irish ╚English; English people; the English ╚British; British people; the British; Brits ╚Dutch; Dutch people
	2	state, nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic
				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"
		Category Tree: group; grouping ╚social group ╚organization; organisation ╚unit; social unit ╚political unit ╚state, nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic ╚ally ╚city state ╚world power; major power; great power; power; superpower ╚sea power ╚suzerain ╚rogue state; renegade state; rogue nation ╚Reich ╚Dominion
	3	area, country
				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"
		Category Tree: entity ╚location ╚region ╚area, country ╚quadrant ╚no man's land ╚no-go area ╚hunting ground ╚hearth; fireside ╚haunt; hangout; resort; repair; stamping ground ╚disaster area ╚corner ╚corner ╚center; centre; middle; heart; eye ╚broadcast area ╚bed ground; bed-ground; bedground ╚arena
	4	country, state, land
				the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries"
		Category Tree: entity ╚location ╚region ╚district; territory; territorial dominion; dominion ╚administrative district; administrative division; territorial division ╚country, state, land ╚South American country; South American nation ╚Asian country; Asian nation ╚African country; African nation ╚European country; European nation ╚tax haven ╚kingdom ╚buffer state; buffer country ╚fatherland; homeland; motherland; mother country; country of origin; native land ╚banana republic
	5	country, rural area
				an area outside of cities and towns; "his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country"
		Category Tree: entity ╚location ╚region ╚geographical area; geographic area; geographical region; geographic region ╚country, rural area ╚wold ╚weald ╚scrubland ╚countryside ╚farmland; farming area ╚backwoods; back country; boondocks; hinterland

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