country

country (sovereign state or former sovereign state whose territory is still internationally recognised as a political or cultural entity)

Examples

▶ the United States, India, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia,  …

Japan, Germany, Russia, France, Israel, Mexico, England, Brazil, Italy, Spain, the Philippines, Egypt, Pakistan, Iran, the Netherlands, Turkey, Singapore, Ireland, Sweden, Switzerland, Georgia, New Zealand, Iceland, South Africa, Greece, Argentina, China, North Korea, Vietnam, Poland, Scotland, Cuba, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Norway, the Soviet Union, Afghanistan, Hong Kong, Denmark, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Kosovo, Belgium, Finland, Nigeria, Romania, Colombia, South Korea, the United Arab Emirates, Madagascar, Peru, Nazi Germany, Morocco, Chile, Dominican Republic, Somalia, the Roman Empire, Portugal, Sri Lanka, Austria, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, Serbia, Iraq, Sparta, Wales, Bangladesh, Ottoman Empire, Taiwan, Kenya, Venezuela, Maya civilization, Greenland, Hungary, Hungary, ancient Egypt, Lebanon, Ethiopia, the Gaza Strip, Croatia, The Republic of Cyprus, Zimbabwe, Ghana, the Czech Republic, Barcelona, Kazakhstan, Cambodia, Haiti, Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Armenia, Malta, Albania, The Republic of Ireland, Qatar, Jordan, Nepal, Louisiana Purchase, Ecuador, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Great Britain, Sudan, Mongolia, Panama, Monaco, The Confederate States of America, Guatemala, Maldives, Belize, Algeria, Bolivia, Mesopotamia, Belarus, Luxembourg, Guyana, Lithuania, Tibet, Myanmar (Burma), Estonia, Syria, Slovakia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Nicaragua, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Mauritius, Laos, the Vatican, Honduras, Northern Ireland, El Salvador, Fiji, South Ossetia, Korea, Macedonia, Tanzania, Latvia, Guam, Ancient Greece, Republic of China, Barbados, Libya, Yemen, Slovenia, Macau, Bhutan, Easter Island, Moldova, Rwanda, Kuwait, Tunisia, Bermuda, Uganda, Brunei, Yugoslavia, Andorra, Angola, Sicilia, Louisiana, Uruguay, Liberia, Oman, Gibraltar, Liechtenstein, Eritrea, Trinidad and Tobago, Holy Roman Empire, Cape Verde, the Isle of Man, Sierra Leone, Uzbekistan, Papua New Guinea, Mali, Botswana, Canary Islands, Prussia, Senegal, Namibia, Samoa, Suriname, Kyrgyzstan, Cameroon, the Seychelles, Tonga, Goa, Aruba, Grenada, Mauritania, Paraguay, Chad, Mughal Empire, Mozambique, Zambia

Parent Class

▶ object, populated place, object with a geographical location, concept with variable precision, visible object,  …

physical object, inanimate object, object with an area, object classified by physical property, individual object, geographical area of significant size, geographical area

Types

republic, absolute monarchy, emirate, sovereign state, UN-recognised country

Principle Class of, Principal Class

country

Common-sense Distinct From

▶ person, computer software, sports team, intransitive action, Yorkshire riding,  …

length, attribute

Universal Attributes

searchable within, immobile

Aliases

"country"

Dbpedia Class Url

http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Country

Distinct From

▶ person, US state, computer software, county, road,  …

string, US independent city, Location, sports team, piece of creative work, static picture, key, event, intransitive action, length, area of water, Yorkshire riding, English region, traditional Scottish county, traditional Welsh county, traditional English county, Alaskan census area, UK unitary authority, UK police area, English administrative district, Puerto Rican municipio, Alaskan borough, Louisana parish, small scale single purpose area, world region, city area, town, suburb, village, musical act, attribute, object with a mass, object with a height, organisation, state or division of Myanmar, latitude-longitude box, tump