Noun

• S: (n) state (state%1:14:00::), nation (nation%1:14:00::), country (country%1:14:00::), land (land%1:14:00::), commonwealth (commonwealth%1:14:00::), res publica (res_publica%1:14:00::), body politic (body_politic%1:14:00::) (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 (country%1:15:00::), state (state%1:15:00::), land (land%1:15:02::) (the territory occupied by a nation) "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries"
• S: (n) nation (nation%1:14:01::), land (land%1:14:01::), country (country%1:14:01::) (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 (country%1:15:01::), rural area (rural_area%1:15:00::) (an area outside of cities and towns) "his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country"
• S: (n) area (area%1:15:01::), country (country%1:15:02::) (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"