Countries
Translation- Countries
- Country Coun"try (k?n"tr?), n.; pl. {Countries} (-tr?z). [F.
contr['e]e, LL. contrata, fr. L. contra over against, on the
opposite side. Cf. {Counter}, adv., {Contra}.]
1. A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent
nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with
a personal pronoun) the region of one's birth, permanent
residence, or citizenship.
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Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred. --Gen. xxxxii. 9. [1913 Webster]
I might have learned this by my last exile, that change of countries cannot change my state. --Stirling. [1913 Webster]
Many a famous realm And country, whereof here needs no account --Milton. [1913 Webster]
2. Rural regions, as opposed to a city or town. [1913 Webster]
As they walked, on their way into the country. --Mark xvi. 12 (Rev. Ver. ). [1913 Webster]
God made the covatry, and man made the town. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
Only very great men were in the habit of dividing the year between town and country. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
3. The inhabitants or people of a state or a region; the populace; the public. Hence: (a) One's constituents. (b) The whole body of the electors of state; as, to dissolve Parliament and appeal to the country. [1913 Webster]
All the country in a general voice Cried hate upon him. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
4. (Law) (a) A jury, as representing the citizens of a country. (b) The inhabitants of the district from which a jury is drawn. [1913 Webster]
5. (Mining.) The rock through which a vein runs. [1913 Webster]
{Conclusion to the country}. See under {Conclusion}.
{To put one's self upon the country}, or {To throw one's self upon the country}, to appeal to one's constituents; to stand trial before a jury. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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Фильмы
- The Country and Science., 1974 — Annotation: The film is dedicated to the 250th anniversary of the Science Academy Of the USSR. Film description: The film is dedicated to 250 anniversary of the founding of the Academy of Sciences…
- The Artistic Chronicle Of the Country., 1978 — Annotation: The film about the fifth Congress of Artists of the USSR in the Great Kremlin Palace, dedicated to the 60th Anniversary of the Great October. The jubilee art Exhibition, paintings…
- The Country of the Soviets is 70 Years Old., 1987 — Annotation: A review film about the creation and strengthening of the Soviet Country. A lot of newsreel is used. Film description: Фрагмент из художественного фильма С. М. Эйзенштейна "Октябрь"…