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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"
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the territory occupied by a nation;
"he returned to the land of his birth"
"he visited several European countries"
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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"
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an area outside of cities and towns;
"his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country"
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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"