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(plural: country — countries; county — counties)
[different pronunciation; the letters ‘cou’ in ‘country’ rhyme with ‘cu’ in the word “cut”, and the ‘cou’ in ‘county’ rhyme with the word “cow”]
“Country” is ‘a state or a nation; a land of one’s birth; land with specific boundaries occupied by a large population having culture and government of its own’,
e.g.
One should love one’s own country.
The G9 member countries are going to meet next month.
“County” (without an ‘r’) is ‘a large area divided from others for administrative, political and judicial purposes in countries like the Great Britain, the USA, Australia, Finland, etc.; and the people of such an area’ {each of the rest of countries has a different name for ‘county’ in its own language}’,
e.g.
Minor crimes are tried in the county courts.
[‘The country or the countryside’ is ‘the land used for farming (villages and the cultivated land around villages), or some unused land mostly with small woods or open spaces outside or away from towns and cities’, for example, “Those modern cars are not fit for countryside.” & “They occasionally spend a day or two in the country (or countryside).”]
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