Country

Part of Speech

noun

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Translations

🇩🇪 kein französisches Wort , 🇪🇸 no es una palabra francesa , 🇮🇹 non una parola francese , 🇵🇹 não é uma palavra francesa , 🇨🇳 国家 , 🇯🇵 フランス語の単語ではありません , 🇰🇷 프랑스어 단어가 아니다 , 🇸🇦 ليس كلمة فرنسية , 🇮🇳 फ्रेंच शब्द नहीं है

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Etymology

The English noun *country* comes from Old French **contrée** ‘region, land,’ itself derived from the Latin *contrāta* (the plural of *contrāre*, ‘to oppose, to set against’), which originally meant “the area between two opposing boundaries.” Through the Norman influence on Middle English (as *countrye*), the term evolved to denote a larger political or geographic area, eventually becoming the modern sense of a sovereign state.

Synonyms

pays nation État territoire royaume région domaine province

Antonyms

ville municipalité commune agglomération