Country (disambiguation)
Overview
Country
A country is a region legally identified as a distinct entity in political geography. A country may be an independent sovereign state or one that is occupied by another state, as a non-sovereign or formerly sovereign political division, or a geographic region associated with a previously...
in the modern usage is a geo-political region, often meaning synonymous with a state. In English it is also used to refer to the rural parts of the state's geographic territory, as in the English country house
English country house
The English country house is a large house or mansion in the English countryside. Such houses were often owned by individuals who also owned a London house. This allowed to them to spend time in the country and in the city—hence, for these people, the term distinguished between town and country...
that reflects the tradition of the landed gentry
Landed gentry
Landed gentry is a traditional British social class, consisting of land owners who could live entirely off rental income. Often they worked only in an administrative capacity looking after the management of their own lands....
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Country may also refer to:
- Country musicCountry musicCountry music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
, a genre of music - Countryside ("the country"), rural areas, as opposed to cities and urban areas
- Country (film)Country (film)Country is a 1984 American film which follows the trials and tribulations of a rural family as they struggle to hold onto their farm during the trying economic times experienced by family farms in 1980s America. The film was written by William D. Wittliff and stars real-life couple Jessica Lange...
, a 1984 film starring Jessica Lange and Sam Shepard - Country (album), a compilation album by Anne Murray issued in 1974 on Capitol Records
- Country (book), the first book published by Rolling Stone magazine critic Nick Tosches
- COUNTRY Insurance & Financial Services, a group of U.S.
