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How to spell country

hear itcoun·try/'kəntri/nounLong vowels

What it means: A nation or area of land with its own government.

In a sentence: We live in a big country with many different animals and plants.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as contry or cuntry.

Same family: countries, countrywide, countryman, countryside, national. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The word "country" comes from Old French "contrée," meaning a region or land, which itself comes from a Latin word meaning "the opposite side" or "the landscape spread out before you." Over time, it came to mean the land belonging to a people or nation.

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