· a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land"

Synonym(s): state, nation, land, commonwealth, res_publica, body_politic

Hypernym(s): political_unit, political_entity

· the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries"

Synonym(s): state, land

Hypernym(s): administrative_district, administrative_division, territorial_division

· the people who live in a nation or country; "a statement that sums up the nation's mood"; "the news was announced to the nation"; "the whole country worshipped him"

Synonym(s): nation, land

Hypernym(s): people

· an area outside of cities and towns; "his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country"

Synonym(s): rural_area

Hypernym(s): geographical_area, geographic_area, geographical_region, geographic_region

· a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography); "it was a mountainous area"; "Bible country"

Synonym(s): area

Hypernym(s): region