country |
ملک ۔ وطن ۔ |
(1) - Country (a.) Pertaining, or peculiar, to one's own country. (2) - Country (a.) Destitute of refinement; rude; unpolished; rustic; not urbane; as, country manners. (3) - Country (a.) Pertaining to the regions remote from a city; rural; rustic; as, a country life; a country town; the country party, as opposed to city. (4) - Country (adv.) The rock through which a vein runs. (5) - Country (adv.) The inhabitants of the district from which a jury is drawn. (6) - Country (adv.) A jury, as representing the citizens of a country. (7) - Country (adv.) The inhabitants or people of a state or a region; the populace; the public. Hence: (a) One's constituents. (b) The whole body of the electors of state; as, to dissolve Parliament and appeal to the country. (8) - Country (adv.) Rural regions, as opposed to a city or town. (9) - Country (adv.) A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a personal pronoun) the region of one's birth, permanent residence, or citizenship. |