Country vs. Emirate

Country vs. Emirate — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Country and Emirate

Countrynoun

(chiefly British) An area of land; a district, region.

Emiratenoun

A country ruled by an emir.

Countrynoun

A set region of land having particular human occupation or agreed limits, especially inhabited by members of the same race, language speakers etc., or associated with a given person, occupation, species etc.

Emiratenoun

The office of an emir.

Countrynoun

The territory of a nation, especially an independent nation state or formerly independent nation; a political entity asserting ultimate authority over a geographical area.

Emiratenoun

the domain controlled by an emir

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Countrynoun

(usually preceded by “the”) A rural area, as opposed to a town or city; the countryside.

Emiratenoun

the office of an emir

Countrynoun

ellipsis of country music

Countrynoun

(mining) The rock through which a vein runs.

Countrynoun

The female genitalia, especially the vagina.

Countryadjective

From or in the countryside or connected with it.

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Countryadjective

Of or connected to country music.

Countrynoun

the territory occupied by a nation;

he returned to the land of his birthhe visited several European countries

Countrynoun

a politically organized body of people under a single government;

the state has elected a new presidentAfrican nationsstudents who had come to the nation's capitolthe country's largest manufactureran industrialized land

Countrynoun

the people who live in a nation or country;

a statement that sums up the nation's moodthe news was announced to the nationthe whole country worshipped him

Countrynoun

an area outside of cities and towns;

his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country

Countrynoun

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 areaBible country