Country

What “Country” means

Noun

1. The territory of a nation; a sovereign state or a region once independent and still distinct in institutions, language, etc.
2. A large area regarded as distinct from other areas, e.g. because it is inhabited by a specific group of people
3. An area of land of undefined extent; a region, a district.
4. An area of land of undefined extent; a region, a district.
5. A rural area, as opposed to a town or city; the countryside.

Adj

1. From or in the countryside, connected with it, or typical of it.
2. Of or connected to country music.
3. Originating in India rather than being imported from abroad.

Where the word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrā Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin -āta Vulgar Latin *(terra) contrāta Old French contreebor. Middle English contre English country Inherited from Middle English contre, borrowed from Old French contree, from Vulgar Latin *(terra) contrāta (“facing land”), from Latin contrā (“against”) + -āta (noun-forming suffix). Cognate with Scots kintra. Unrelated to county. Displaced native English land in some of its senses. From around 1300 as "area surrounding a walled city or town; the open country." By early 16th century the sense was applied mostly to rural areas, as opposed t

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• Golf Courses and Country Clubs