■ noun ( plural countries )
1》 a nation with its own government, occupying a particular territory.
2》 (often the ~ ) districts outside large urban areas.
3》 an area or region with regard to its physical features: a tract of wild ~.
Phrases
across ~ not keeping to roads.
go to the ~ Brit. dissolve Parliament and hold a general election.
one's line of ~ Brit. a subject in which one is skilled or knowledgeable.
Origin
ME: from OFr. cuntree , from med. L. contrata (terra) '(land) lying opposite', from L. contra 'against, opposite'.