Phrase Hound found 431 phrases and 50 compound words that contain country. The most common are listed below. Open country in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 431
- foreign countryAny country of which one is not a citizen. (This entry is a translation hub.)
- country musicA style of popular music that originated in the folk music of the rural population of the southern and western United States and characterized by string-band instruments and simple melodies.
- country codeA short alphabetic or numeric geographical code representing a specific country or area.
- cross countryA running sport popular in US high schools, colleges, etc., where participants race over varying terrain (e.g. golf courses, roads, etc.) in approximately 5- to 10-kilometre races.
- home countryThe country in which a person was born and usually raised, regardless of the present country of residence and citizenship.
- developing countryA country with low to medium income although substantial industrialization; (sometimes derogatory) a country with less industrial base, and thus often consequently widespread poverty and low Human Development Index (HDI).
- country houseA house serving as a weekend and holiday residence, used as a retreat from city life; traditionally and archetypically in the country, and especially of wealthy owners.
- country of originThe country in which a person or thing is deemed to have originated for the purposes of laws and regulations.
- country clubA private club in a rural area or in the outskirts of a town, offering recreational sports activities.
- developed countryA high-income country with an advanced, industrialized economy.
- go to the countryTo appeal to the feeling of the community by calling a general election
- Black CountryAn area of West Midlands, England, traditionally seen as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution.
- host countryA country in which an international event is held.
- free countryA country that protects the civil liberties of its citizens; a country whose government is not despotic.
- going to the countrypresent participle and gerund of go to the country
- Another Country
- West CountryA geographic area in the south west of England, especially the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset.
- old countryThe country of origin of an immigrant or of a person of immigrant descent.
- high countryTerrain that is at a relatively high elevation — generally, higher than foothills but not above the timberline — consisting of mountainous areas or elevated expanses of plain.
- north countryThe northern part of a particular country or region (variously conceived as a region so called by a proper name or a vaguely demarcated, adjectivally described region).
- model countryA micronation that has no intention of being internationally recognised.
- third countryUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see third, country. A country other than two specific countries, especially a country not party to an agreement between two other countries.
- K-CountryAbbreviation of Kananaskis Country: A region of Alberta, Canada.
- went to the countrysimple past of go to the country
- Gold CountryA historic region in northern California, famed for the mineral deposits and gold mines during the California Gold Rush.
Compound words 50
- backcountryA remote region; countryside that is relatively inaccessible.
- LowcountryA geographic and cultural region along the coast of South Carolina, including the Sea Islands, and including significant salt marshes and other coastal waterways.
- intercountryBetween countries.
- countryhumanA country or other political entity personified as a human or humanoid character; the character often has a spherical head, colored to match the country's national flag.
- countrywearClothing to be worn in the country.
- countryfolkPeople who live in the country; rural dwellers.
- countryfulAs much as a country would hold.
- countryballA country or other political entity personified as a crudely drawn anthropomorphic blob, drawn in the Polandball artstyle.
- frontcountryAn area of the countryside that is relatively accessible rather than remote.
- countriestsuperlative form of country (adjective): most country