sovereign state (noun) country: political territory; nation
Detalii: country really refers to geographical characteristics while nation refers to political and social characteristics; country comes from Latin contrata (terra) 'the landscape in front of one, the landscape lying opposite to the view' and nation is from Latin nation-/natio 'race, class of person'a nation is made up of states - and a country is a nation defined geographically
Sinonime: citizenry, citizens, commonwealth,
community, constituents, electors, grass roots, homeland, inhabitants,
kingdom,
land, native land, patria,
people, polity,
populace,
public,
realm,
region,
society,
soil, sovereign state,
state,
terrain, voters