Hyphenation of country

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word country ? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

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Definitions of country :

1.	A politically organized body of people under a single government The state has elected a new president African nations Students who had come to the nation's capitol The country's largest manufacturer An industrialized land
2.	The territory occupied by a nation He returned to the land of his birth He visited several European countries
3.	The people who live in a nation or country A statement that sums up the nation's mood The news was announced to the nation The whole country worshipped him
4.	An area outside of cities and towns His poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country
5.	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 area Bible country

Synonyms of country :

noun	state, land, administrative district, administrative division, territorial division
noun	state, nation, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic, political unit
noun	nation, land, a people, people
noun	rural area, geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
noun	area, region

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.