2020-11-11
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด N – Nation & country
การใช้ภาษาอังกฤษ ที่ถือว่า ถูกต้องนี้ เป็นไปตามมาตรฐานการใช้ภาษา
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ความหมาย อาจยืดหยุ่น ขึ้นอยู่กับ ตำแหน่ง/หน้าที่ ในประโยค
Dictionary.com
ออกเสียง Nation = ‘NEY-shuhn’
ออกเสียง country = ‘KUHN-tree
Farlex Trivia Dictionary.
country, nation - Both came into English c. 1330 and tend to be used interchangeably.
Country comes from Latin contrata (terra),
"the landscape in front of one, the landscape lying opposite to the view."
Nation is from Latin nation-/natio, "race, class of person."
See also related terms for country.
Farlex Trivia Dictionary.
Nation - country –
A nation is made up of states—and a country is a nation defined geographically.
See also related terms for states.
Collins COBUILD English Usage
nation
You use nation to refer to a country,
together with its social and political structures.
These policies require cooperation between the world's industrialized nations.
You can also use nation to mean the people who live in a country.
He asked the nation to be patient.
Nation can also to refer to a group of people
who are part of the same linguistic or historical group,
even if they are not politically independent.
We studied the traditions and culture of the Great Sioux Nation.
Be Careful!
Don't use 'nation' simply to refer to a place.
Don't say, for example, 'What nation do you come from?'
When you are referring to a place, use country, not 'nation'.
There are over a hundred edible species growing in this country.
Have you any plans to leave the country in the next few days?
Collins COBUILD English Usage
country
1. 'country'
A country is one of the political areas that the world is divided into.
Indonesia is the fifth most populous country in the world.
Does this system apply in other European countries?
2. 'the country'
Land that is away from towns and cities is the country.
We live in the country.
Many people moved away from the country to the towns.
Be Careful!
When you use country like this,
the only determiner you can use with it is the.
Don't say, for example, 'I like living in Paris, but my parents prefer to live in a country'.
You say 'I like living in Paris, but my parents prefer to live in the country'.
3. 'countryside'
Land that is away from towns and cities
can also be called the countryside.
I've always wanted to live in the countryside.
Countryside can be used without 'the' when it is used after an adjective.
We are surrounded by beautiful countryside.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Did You Know?
The English word country is derived from Latin contra,
which means “against” or “on the opposite side.”
In Medieval Latin the noun contrata was formed from contra.
Contrata was literally “that which is situated opposite the beholder.”
But that which is opposite the beholder is just what he or she sees.
So contrata meant “landscape.”
It also came to mean “expanse of land, region.”
This was the original meaning of English country, which over the years has itself developed a number of new meanings.
Dictionary of Problem Words and Expression
Nation & country
These words are used interchangeably,
but careful writers distinguish between them.
A nation is primarily a body of people who are associated with a particular territory.
A country is a tract of land, a territory, that incidentally
is the home of certain people.
Emphasis upon either people or area is suggested in these sentences:
“The United States is a nation of diverse people.?
“The United States is a country of vast dimensions.”
