| Meaning | The territory occupied by a nation. |
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| Synonyms | state, land |
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| Instances | Antigua and Barbuda | A country in the northern Leeward Islands |
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| Australia, Commonwealth of Australia | A nation occupying the whole / whole of the Australian continent |
| Bahamas, Commonwealth of the Bahamas, Bahama Islands | island country in the Atlantic to the east of Florida and Cuba |
| Barbados | A parliamentary democracy on the island of Barbados |
| Burkina Faso, Upper Volta | A desperately poor landlocked country in western Africa |
| Cape Verde, Republic of Cape Verde | An island country in the Atlantic off the coast of Senegal |
| Comoros, Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros | A country on the Comoro Islands |
| Cuba, Republic of Cuba | A communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba |
| Cyprus, Republic of Cyprus | A country on the island of Cyprus |
| Dominica, Commonwealth of Dominica | A country on the island of Dominica |
| Dominican Republic | A republic in the West Indies |
| East Timor | A former Portuguese colony that was annexed by Indonesia in 1976 |
| Etruria | An ancient country in central Italy |
| Fiji, Republic of Fiji | An independent state within the British Commonwealth located on the Fiji Islands |
| Grenada | An island state in the West Indies in the southeastern Caribbean Sea |
| Haiti, Republic of Haiti | A republic in the West Indies on the western part of the island of Hispaniola |
| Indonesia, Republic of Indonesia, Dutch East Indies | A republic in southeastern Asia on an archipelago including more than 13,000 islands |
| Israel, State of Israel, Yisrael, Zion, Sion | Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean |
| Jamaica | A country on the island of Jamaica |
| Kiribati, Republic of Kiribati | An island republic in the west central Pacific just to the south of the equator |
| Maldives, Republic of Maldives | A republic on the Maldive Islands |
| Malta, Republic of Malta | A republic on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean |
| Marshall Islands, Republic of the Marshall Islands | A republic (under United States protection) on the Marshall Islands |
| Mauritius, Republic of Mauritius | A parliamentary state on the island of Mauritius |
| Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia, TT | A country scattered over Micronesia with a constitutional government in free association with the United States |
| Nauru, Republic of Nauru | An island republic on Nauru Island |
| New Zealand | An independent country within the British Commonwealth |
| Palau, Republic of Palau, TT | A republic in the western central Pacific Ocean in association with the United States |
| Papua New Guinea, Independent State of Papua New Guinea | A parliamentary democracy on the eastern half of the island of New Guinea |
| Philippines, Republic of the Philippines | A republic on the Philippine Islands |
| Rus | The medieval Russian state established by Scandinavian traders in the 9th century |
| Russia, Russian Federation | A federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis, Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Christopher-Nevis, St. Christopher-Nevis, St. Kitts and Nevis | A country on several of the Leeward Islands |
| Saint Lucia, St. Lucia | A country on the island of Saint Lucia |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Vincent and the Grenadines | An island country in the central Windward Islands |
| Samoa, Independent State of Samoa, Western Samoa, Samoa i Sisifo | A constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific |
| Sao Tome and Principe, Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, Sao Tome e Principe, Sao Thome e Principe, St. Thomas and Principe | island nation in the South Atlantic off the west coast of Africa |
| Seychelles, Republic of Seychelles | A republic on the Seychelles islands |
| Solomon Islands | The southern Solomon Islands that since 1978 form an independent state in the British Commonwealth |
| Soviet Union, Russia, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSR | A former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia |
| Sri Lanka, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Ceylon | A republic on the island of Ceylon |
| Tonga, Kingdom of Tonga, Friendly Islands | A monarchy on a Polynesian archipelago in the South Pacific |
| Trinidad and Tobago, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago | An island republic in the West Indies off the northeastern coast of Venezuela |
| Turkey, Republic of Turkey | A Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans |
| 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 |
| Tuvalu | A small island republic on the Tuvalu islands |
| Ukraine, Ukrayina | A republic in southeastern Europe |
| Vanuatu, Republic of Vanuatu, New Hebrides | A volcanic island republic in Melanesia |
| Members | department | The territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France) |
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| state, province | The territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation |
| Parts | domain, demesne, land | territory over which rule or control is exercised |
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| midland | The interior part of a country |
| Narrower | African country, African nation | Any one of the countries occupying the African continent |
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| Asian country, Asian nation | Any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent |
| European country, European nation | Any one of the countries occupying the European continent |
| North American country, North American nation | Any country on the North American continent |
| South American country, South American nation | Any one of the countries occupying the South American continent |
| banana republic | A small country (especially in Central America) that is politically unstable / unstable and whose economy is dominated by foreign companies and depends on one export (such as bananas) |
| buffer state, buffer country | A small neutral state between two rival powers |
| fatherland, homeland, motherland, mother country, country of origin, native land | The country where you were born |
| kingdom | A country with a king as head of state |
| sultanate | country or territory ruled by a sultan |
| tax haven | A country or independent region where taxes are low |
| Broader | administrative district, administrative division, territorial division | A district defined for administrative purposes |
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| Spanish | estado, nación, país, tierra |
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| Catalan | estat, nació, país, terra |
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