Tra từ country - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

- an area of land with its own people and government
1 being a country
2 the people of a country
3 parts of a country
4 relations between countries
5 moving from one country to another
6 having and showing feelings about your country

1 being a country
- an area of land with its own people, government, etc: country, (formal) land
Which country do you come from? ◎ Wales, the land of song
- a country with its own government: state, (more formal) nation
member states of the European Union ◎ the nations of Western Europe
- concerning all of a country: national
a national newspaper
- over the whole of a country: nationwide (adjective, adverb)
a nationwide tour/campaign/survey
- a country that is headed by a president: republic
- a country that is headed by a king or queen: kingdom, monarchy
- a country that is a union of states, in which each state retains control of some areas of government business: federation; adjective: federal
a federal law
※ more on government GOVERNMENT

2 the people of a country
- a person who lives in a country: inhabitant
the inhabitants of India
- a person who is legally a member of a country: citizen, national; noun (U): citizenship
a citizen of the United Kingdom ◎ French citizens/nationals ◎ American citizenship
- being a citizen of a particular country: nationality (noun U/C)
What nationality are you? ◎ She has Greek nationality.
- a person who is born in a particular place: native
She lives in England, but she is a native of Scotland.
- belonging to the group of people who were the original inhabitants of a country: indigenous, native
The indigenous people of New Zealand are the Maoris. ◎ a native American
- a man/woman from the same country as you is your fellow countryman/countrywoman
- all the citizens of a country: the people (noun plural), country, nation
the people of France ◎ The President made a speech to the nation.
- the number of people who live in a particular place: population
The population of Wales is nearly 3 million.
- if there are a lot of people living in a place, it is densely/heavily populated; if there are few people living in a place, it is sparsely/thinly populated
- if there are too many people living in a place, it is overpopulated; noun (U): overpopulation

3 parts of a country
- a part of a country or of the world: region; adjective: regional
- a part of a country: area, district
the Lake District
- one of the main areas that a country is divided into: province; adjective: provincial
- an area in Britain, Ireland or America that has its own local government: county
- an official division of a country or a town: district
- a line that divides the regions or districts of a country: boundary
the county boundary
- the town or city where the government of a country is: capital

4 relations between countries
- a line that divides two countries, and the land close to it: border, frontier
The refugees escaped across the border. ◎ the French border/frontier ◎ an international frontier
- if sth belongs to or is connected with a country that is not your own, it is foreign
a foreign country ◎ a foreign language
- a person who belongs to a foreign country: foreigner
- in or to a foreign country: abroad, overseas
My grandmother has never been abroad. ◎ to go abroad ◎ Our son lives overseas.
- a person who lives outside his/her own country: expatriate
- if sth is concerned with what happens inside a country, it is internal, domestic; opposite: external
a country's internal political and economic affairs ◎ domestic flights ◎ The current economic problems are caused mainly by external factors.
- involving two or more countries: international
an international trade agreement ◎ English as an international language
- an agreement between two countries to support each other: alliance
a military alliance
- if two or more countries have formed an alliance, they are allied; a country that you are allied with is your ally
Britain is allied with America. ◎ Britain's European allies
- a country that is ruled or governed by another country: colony
- a group of countries that is governed by one country: empire
- if a country is not controlled by another country, it is independent; noun (U): independence
Slovenia became independent from Yugoslavia in 1991.
- to send goods from one country to another: export sth; noun (U): export
goods manufactured for export
- to bring goods into one country from another country: import sth; noun (U): import
the import of fine wines from abroad
- goods which are exported: exports (noun plural); goods which are imported: imports (noun plural)

5 moving from one country to another
- an official document that you have to show when you leave or arrive in a country: passport
- an official mark in your passport that shows that you can leave or enter a country: visa
- to go away from your own country to live abroad permanently: emigrate; noun (U): emigration; a person who does this: emigrant
- to enter a country to live there permanently: immigrate; a person who does this: immigrant; the movement of immigrants into a country: immigration (noun U)
My grandfather was an immigrant to this country. ◎ The government is worried about the increase in immigration.
- a person who goes to another country to look for work: migrant; adjective: migrant
a migrant worker
※ being forced to leave a country
- to send a foreigner away from a country officially: deport sb; noun (C/U): deportation
- to force sb to live outside their own country for political reasons: exile sb; noun (U): exile; a person who lives outside their own country for political reasons: exile
Napoleon was exiled to St. Helena. ◎ to go into exile ◎ to live in exile ◎ Europe was flooded with exiles after the Russian Revolution.
- a person who is forced to leave their country because it is difficult or dangerous for them to live there: refugee
political/economic refugees ◎ a refugee camp
- protection that a government offers to people who have left their own country for political reasons: political asylum (noun U)
to ask for political asylum
- if you are not a citizen of any country, you are stateless; noun (U): statelessness

6 having and showing feelings about your country
- the country where you were born, or where you feel that you belong: homeland, home country, (formal) native land
- the special song of a country: national anthem
- a flag that is used as a symbol of a country: national flag
※ more on flags FLAG
- the wish of a people to form an independent country: nationalism (noun U); adjective: nationalistic; a person who wishes this: nationalist
Welsh nationalism ◎ nationalistic feelings ◎ a Scottish nationalist
- love of your country: patriotism (noun U); adjective: patriotic; opposite: unpatriotic
- a person who loves their country: patriot
- to harm or be disloyal to your country: betray sth; noun (C/U): betrayal
She betrayed her country by selling secrets to the enemy.
- the crime of helping your country's enemies: treason (noun U); a person who betrays their country: traitor
to commit treason