[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/country/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [C](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/c/) / country # country noun (country, countries); adjective (country — of the countryside) «country» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. A land with its own government, borders and people: "Canada is a big country." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/country/#m1) 2. "The country" means the countryside — areas with farms and fields, outside towns. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/country/#m2) 3. The people of a nation: "The whole country watched." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/country/#m3) 4. Country music, a kind of music from the southern USA. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/country/#m4) ### In the lessons In geography: countries have capitals, flags and borders; the UK has four countries (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland); the USA has 50 states; Australia has states and territories. In everyday life: life in the country versus the city. Phrases: in the country, home country, country music, across the country, countryside. ### Examples - Canada is the second-biggest country in the world. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/country/#x1) - Ireland is a country in Europe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/country/#x2) - We live in the country, near a farm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/country/#x3) - Which country were you born in? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/country/#x4) - Each country has its own flag. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/country/#x5) - The whole country cheered for the team. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/country/#x6) - New Zealand is a country of two main islands. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/country/#x7) - Grandpa likes country music. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/country/#x8) ### Note Plural "countries" (y → ies). A continent is bigger than a country: Australia is both a country and a continent. Don't confuse "country" with "county" (a part of a country, like counties in Ireland or England). ## In Jewish tradition In the Prophets it also names a region, as the "hill-country" of Ephraim or Judah, a highland area of the land of Israel. In the primary lessons: In geography: countries have capitals, flags and borders; the UK has four countries (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland); the USA has 50 states; Australia has states and territories. In everyday life: life in the country versus the city. Phrases: in the country, home country, country music, across the country, countryside. ### Examples - 'The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country. (Torah GEN.42.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/country/#x1) - And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy corn; because the famine was sore in all the earth. (Torah GEN.41.57, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/country/#x2) - But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son, even for Isaac.' (Torah GEN.24.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/country/#x3) - And in the hill-country: Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh; (Prophets JOS.15.48, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/country/#x4) - Now there was a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah. (Prophets JDG.17.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/country/#x5) - And these are their names: The son of Hur, in the hill-country of Ephraim; (Prophets 1KI.4.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/country/#x6) ### Note Plural "countries" (y → ies). A continent is bigger than a country: Australia is both a country and a continent. Don't confuse "country" with "county" (a part of a country, like counties in Ireland or England). ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «country» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/country/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«country» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/country.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «country» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/country/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«country» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/country.html) on Mova free.