Country (Nick Tosches Book)
WordNet
noun
(1) 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"
(2) 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"
(3) 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"
(4) The territory occupied by a nation
"He returned to the land of his birth"
"He visited several European countries"
(5) An area outside of cities and towns
"His poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country"