Definitions
A nation; the land and people of a nation
Word origin
Inherited from Middle English contre, borrowed from Old French contree, from Vulgar Latin *(terra) contrāta (“facing land”), from Latin contrā (“against”) + -āta (noun-forming suffix). Cognate with Scots kintra. Unrelated to county. Displaced native English land in some of its senses.
Used in a sentence
“It is a beautiful country of rolling hills, fertile valleys, and a thousand rivers and streams which keep the landscape green even in winter.”
“These days corporate Germany looks rather different. Volkswagen, the country’s leading carmaker, wants to be the world’s biggest by 2018.”
“The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them, which is then licensed to related businesses in high-tax countries, is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer8 curated clues
01“Nation on a map”7 letters
02“Nation or rural area”7 letters
03“Nation or rural land”7 letters
04“Nation with borders”7 letters
05“Rural area or nation”7 letters
06“Rural land or state”7 letters
07“Rural land, informally”7 letters
08“Nation”7 letters
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