Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

home country

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.31 in modern English

Syllables: home- -coun-try
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The country in which a person was born and usually raised, regardless of the present country of residence and citizenship.

Inflected Forms

home countries (plural)

Phrases

foreign country home ground old country where are you from

Frequently Paired Words

foreign country home ground homeland old country where are you from

Questions

What does home country mean?: The country in which a person was born and usually raised, regardless of the present country of residence and citizenship.

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