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country

/ˈkʌntɹi/ adjective C2
  1. From or in the countryside, connected with it, or typical of it. · Things around here are just a little more country than what he's used to.
  2. Of or connected to country music. · They're mainly a hard rock band, but their new album sounds kinda country to me.
  3. Originating in India rather than being imported from abroad.

Comparative countrier · Superlative countriest

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The country here is rich and pleasant, but you must pass through rough and dangerous places before you reach the end of your journey.”
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 16 · B2
On the feet were some old boots with blue tops, such as every man wore in this country, and the figure was raised above the stalks of corn by means of the pole stuck up its back.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 16 · B2
There were fewer houses and fewer fruit trees, and the farther they went the more dismal and lonesome the country became.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 19 · B2
Then I thought, as the country was so green and beautiful, I would call it the Emerald City; and to make the name fit better I put green spectacles on all the people, so that everything they saw was green.”
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 109 · B2

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