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  • noun Obsolete spelling of country.

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Examples

  • Malcolme king of Scots, for that his countrie was the onelie place wherein all the mal-contents of his realme had their refuge.

    Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6) England (1 of 12) William the Conqueror Raphael Holinshed

  • Supporters of Israel and their neo-cons and Christian fantics have advocated and welcomed the so called ‘war-on-terror’, war against Afghnistan, Iraq, Palestnians, Pakistan, and more to come muslim countrie, torture, Abu Ghrib which was not few bad apples as they said but an official policy, rounding innocent muslims and sendig them God only Knows where, etc in order for the hostilities between the US and the Muslim world to continue unabated.

    Is Obama a Terrorist? « Antiwar.com Blog 2009

  • Within five years other countrie sthat have kept their university systems relatively intact like Russia, China, parts of Europe, SE ASia etc?

    Cheeseburger Gothic » Post Wave Economy 2010

  • But this exactly what has been happenning because many Americans believed it was their obligation to do so in order to save the people of other countrie.

    Is McCain About to ‘Refine’ His Withdrawal Plan, Too? « Antiwar.com Blog 2008

  • In it, the author wrote of "a deepe snow: In which men and cattell have perished, To the generall losse of farmers, grasiers, husbandmen, and all sorts of people in the countrie; and no lesse hurtfull to citizens".

    Australian Bushfires in Art II - Romanticism Hels 2009

  • In it, the author wrote of "a deepe snow: In which men and cattell have perished, To the generall losse of farmers, grasiers, husbandmen, and all sorts of people in the countrie; and no lesse hurtfull to citizens".

    Archive 2009-02-01 Hels 2009

  • This is a day to remember all of the refugees worldwide who have been displaced due to conflict in their own countrie ...

    Devon Cone: World Refugee Day (SLIDESHOW) 2009

  • This is a day to remember all of the refugees worldwide who have been displaced due to conflict in their own countrie ...

    Devon Cone: World Refugee Day (SLIDESHOW) 2009

  • Most countrie, unfortunately, are behaving like we are -- turning inward and focusing on their own problems without recognizing that without a global perspective the likelihood of developing "beggar-thy-neighbor policies" (policies that improve your own country's welfare at the expense of other countries), is increasing.

    Margee Ensign: It's All About U.S. 2009

  • The conference pursues the eLearning sector and the use of digital technologies to enhance skill levels and build human capacities in educational organisations and countrie.

    Archive 2008-04-24 Jak Boumans 2008

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