The territory of a nation, especially an independent nation state or formerly independent nation; a political entity asserting ultimate authority over a geographical area; a sovereign state.

A set region of land having particular human occupation or agreed limits, especially inhabited by members of the same race, speakers of the same language etc., or associated with a given person, occupation, species etc.

(uncountable, usually preceded by “the”) A rural area, as opposed to a town or city; the countryside.

(chiefly Britain) An area of land; a district, region.

(Australia, usually capitalised) Traditional lands of Indigenous people with embedded cultural, spiritual, cosmological, ecological, and physical attributes and values.

Ellipsis of country music.

(mining) The rock through which a vein runs.

From or in the countryside or connected with it.

Of or connected to country music.

(India, historical) Originating in India rather than being imported from Europe or elsewhere.