country

How to sign: 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";

Similiar / Same: area

Categories: region

Within this category: anchorage, arena, bed ground, Bermuda Triangle, block, broadcast area, center, corner, corner, danger, disaster area, free port, haunt, hearth, hunting ground, no-go area, no man's land, open, quadrant, quadrant, rain shadow, resort area, retreat, safety, scene, section, section, shrubbery, space, staging area, tank farm, winner's circle

country

How to sign: 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";

Similiar / Same: nation, res publica, body politic, commonwealth, state, land

Categories: political unit

Within this category: ally, city state, Dominion, Reich, rogue state, sea power, suzerain, world power