Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
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Noun
S: (n) state, nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic (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"
S: (n) country, state, land (the territory occupied by a nation) "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries"
S: (n) banana republic (a small country (especially in Central America) that is politically unstable and whose economy is dominated by foreign companies and depends on one export (such as bananas))
S: (n) Greece, Hellenic Republic, Ellas (a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil)
S: (n) Macedonia (landlocked republic on the Balkan Peninsula; achieved independence from Yugoslavia in 1991)
S: (n) West Germany, Federal Republic of Germany (a republic in north central Europe on the North Sea; established in 1949 from the zones of Germany occupied by the British and French and Americans after the German defeat; reunified with East Germany in 1990)
S: (n) Italy, Italian Republic, Italia (a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD)
S: (n) Yugoslavia (a former country of southeastern Europe bordering the Adriatic Sea; formed in 1918 and named Yugoslavia in 1929; controlled by Marshal Tito as a communist state until his death in 1980) "Tito's Yugoslavia included Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, and Montenegro"
S: (n) Croatia, Republic of Croatia, Hrvatska (a republic in the western Balkans in south-central Europe in the eastern Adriatic coastal area; formerly part of the Habsburg monarchy and Yugoslavia; became independent in 1991)
S: (n) Slovenia, Republic of Slovenia, Slovenija (a mountainous republic in central Europe; formerly part of the Habsburg monarchy and Yugoslavia; achieved independence in 1991)
S: (n) Austria, Republic of Austria, Oesterreich (a mountainous republic in central Europe; under the Habsburgs (1278-1918) Austria maintained control of the Holy Roman Empire and was a leader in European politics until the 19th century)
S: (n) Flanders (a medieval country in northern Europe that included regions now parts of northern France and Belgium and southwestern Netherlands)
S: (n) Belgium, Kingdom of Belgium, Belgique (a monarchy in northwestern Europe; headquarters for the European Union and for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
S: (n) Scotland (one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts)
S: (n) Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Luxemburg (a grand duchy (a constitutional monarchy) landlocked in northwestern Europe between France and Belgium and Germany; an international financial center)
S: (n) Portugal, Portuguese Republic (a republic in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; Portuguese explorers and colonists in the 15th and 16th centuries created a vast overseas empire (including Brazil))
S: (n) San Marino, Republic of San Marino (the smallest republic in the world; the oldest independent country in Europe (achieved independence in 301); located in the Apennines and completely surrounded by Italy)
S: (n) Holy See, The Holy See, State of the Vatican City (the smallest sovereign state in the world; the see of the Pope (as the Bishop of Rome); home of the Pope and the central administration of the Roman Catholic Church; achieved independence from Italy in 1929)
S: (n) Central American country, Central American nation (any one of the countries occupying Central America; these countries (except for Belize and Costa Rica) are characterized by low per capita income and unstable governments)
S: (n) Canada (a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada) "the border between the United States and Canada is the longest unguarded border in the world"
S: (n) Haiti, Republic of Haiti (a republic in the West Indies on the western part of the island of Hispaniola; achieved independence from France in 1804; the poorest and most illiterate nation in the western hemisphere)
S: (n) Dominican Republic (a republic in the West Indies; located on the eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola)
S: (n) Jamaica (a country on the island of Jamaica; became independent of England in 1962; much poverty; the major industry is tourism)
S: (n) Barbados (a parliamentary democracy on the island of Barbados; former British colony; a popular resort area)
S: (n) East Timor (a former Portuguese colony that was annexed by Indonesia in 1976; voted for independence from Indonesia in 1999 and in May 2002 became an independent nation)
S: (n) Fiji, Republic of Fiji (an independent state within the British Commonwealth located on the Fiji Islands)
S: (n) Etruria (an ancient country in central Italy; assimilated by the Romans by about 200 BC)
S: (n) Australia, Commonwealth of Australia (a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony)
S: (n) Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia, TT (a country scattered over Micronesia with a constitutional government in free association with the United States; achieved independence in 1986)
S: (n) Tuvalu (a small island republic on the Tuvalu islands; formerly part of the British colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands until it withdrew in 1975 and became independent of the United Kingdom in 1978)
S: (n) Burkina Faso, Upper Volta (a desperately poor landlocked country in western Africa; was formerly Upper Volta under French rule but gained independence in 1960)
S: (n) Indonesia, Republic of Indonesia, Dutch East Indies (a republic in southeastern Asia on an archipelago including more than 13,000 islands; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1945; the principal oil producer in the Far East and Pacific regions)
S: (n) Grenada (an island state in the West Indies in the southeastern Caribbean Sea; an independent state within the British Commonwealth)
S: (n) New Zealand (an independent country within the British Commonwealth; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1907; known for sheep and spectacular scenery)
S: (n) Solomon Islands (the southern Solomon Islands that since 1978 form an independent state in the British Commonwealth)
S: (n) Rus (the medieval Russian state established by Scandinavian traders in the 9th century; the capital was first in Novgorod and then in Kiev)
S: (n) Soviet Union, Russia, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSR (a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991)
S: (n) Russia, Russian Federation (a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state)
S: (n) Ukraine, Ukrayina (a republic in southeastern Europe; formerly a European soviet; the center of the original Russian state which came into existence in the ninth century)
S: (n) Turkmenistan, Turkomen, Turkmen, Turkmenia (a republic in Asia to the east of the Caspian Sea and to the south of Kazakhstan and to the north of Iran; an Asian soviet from 1925 to 1991)
S: (n) Turkey, Republic of Turkey (a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; on the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, the Young Turks, led by Kemal Ataturk, established a republic in 1923)
S: (n) nation, land, country (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"
S: (n) country, rural area (an area outside of cities and towns) "his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country"
S: (n) area, country (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"