countree
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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /kʌnˈtɹi/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kʌnˈtɹiː/
- Rhymes: -iː
Noun
[edit]countree (plural countrees)
- (archaic, poetic) Alternative form of country, used when poetic meter demands a stress on the final syllable.
- 1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner:
- Oh! dream of joy! is this indeed
The light-house top I see?
Is this the hill? is this the kirk?
Is this mine own countree?