1. (

• 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" ;

2. (

• country ,
• state ,
• land ,

) the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries" ;

3. (

• nation ,
• land ,
• country ,

) 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" ;

4. (

• country ,
• rural_area

) an area outside of cities and towns; "his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country" ;

5. (

• 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" ;