Main entry: land, nation, country
Definition: the people who live in a nation or country
Usage: a statement that sums up the nation's mood; the news was announced to the nation; the whole country worshipped him
Main entry: res publica, state, country, commonwealth, body politic, nation, land
Definition: a politically organized body of people under a single government
Usage: 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
Definition: a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
Usage: it was a mountainous area; Bible country
Main entry: country, state, land
Definition: the territory occupied by a nation
Usage: he returned to the land of his birth; he visited several European countries
Main entry: rural area, country
Definition: an area outside of cities and towns
Usage: his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country