country (territory of a nation) · state, province (political division of a federation retaining a notable degree of autonomy) · land (real estate or landed property)
köken: From Middle High German lant, from Old High German lant, from Proto-West Germanic *land, from Proto-Germanic *landą, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”). Compare Dutch, English, and Danish land, Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳 (land).
köken: Inherited from Middle French contree, from Old French contree, from Vulgar Latin *(terra) contrāta (“facing land”), from Latin contrā. Doublet of country.
country (the territory of a nation) · country, land (a set region of land having particular human occupation or agreed limits)
çekim: çoğul países
eş: nación, pueblo, territorio, patria, terruño, tierra
köken: Borrowed from French pays, from Old French païs, from Medieval Latin pagēnsis, from Latin pāgus (“country”). Compare Sicilian pajisi, Italian paese.
aile: antepaís, apaisado, malpaís, país en vías de desarrollo, país miembro, riesgo país, somos el mejor país de Chile
Michael Wallace, deportado a Jamaica, su país de origen, padece epilepsia.
köken: Inherited from Latin terra, from Proto-Italic *terzā, from Proto-Indo-European *ters-eh₂, from *ters- (“dry”).
aile: a terra, acqua-terra, andare per terra, aria-terra, avere un po' di terra al sole, buttare a terra, cercare per mare e per terra, ci corre quanto dal cielo alla terra, essere su questa terra, gomma a terra
land, country, realm, territory · land (part of Earth not covered by water) · a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; the territorial government of an overseas constituent country
çekim: çoğul landen
eş: grond, rijk, staat, platteland, vaderland
köken: From Middle Dutch lant, from Old Dutch lant, from Proto-West Germanic *land, from Proto-Germanic *landą, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”).
country (a geographical area that is politically independent) · country, countryside (rural areas outside the cities with agricultural production) · land (part of Earth that is not covered in water)
çekim: çoğul lande · tamlayan lands
köken: From Old Danish land, from Old Norse land, from Proto-Germanic *landą, cognate with English land, German Land.
köken: Cognate with Latvian krasts (“coast, brink”), Latgalian krosts (“coast, brink”), with further origin disputed: * Buga and Smoczynski derive the word from an o-grade of the root kreš- found in krešė́ti (“to coagulate, clot and dry”). The semantic link is perhaps that the edge or "shore" of a country near water is "dried up" compared to the waters it is surrounded by. * However, Endzelin and…
köken: From Proto-Balto-Slavic *źémijāˀ, compare zem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm. Compare Lithuanian žẽmė, Polish ziemia, Russian земля́ (zemljá), Persian زمین (zamin) Latin humus, Ancient Greek χθών (khthṓn).
From Malay negeri, from Classical Malay negeri (“settlement”), from Sanskrit नगरी (nagarī, “city”). Doublet of nagari and negara. * The sense of district was reinforced as translation of Japanese 地方(ちほう) (chihō, “district, province, area”).