Definitions

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  • adjective music That does not have the characteristics of the music gender country.
  • adjective Not of or pertaining to a country.
  • noun An area which is not a de jure country.

Etymologies

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non- +‎ country.

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Examples

  • Kendall and I were right in the thick of things on the dance floor, and she was going crazy bouncing around with the crowd to a rowdy old country song that even all noncountry fans know.

    Freefall Mindi Scott 2010

  • Likewise, one cannot determine ... whether listening to country music tends to cause their noncountry music fan spouses to divorce them.

    Country Music, Suicide, and Pancakes in Kansas Chris 2004

  • And then I decided to open a theater which I would be the first noncountry performer.

    CNN Transcript May 12, 2001 2001

  • But hippie, prog, and arena rock somehow still dominate the guitar-based and noncountry airwaves all these years later.

    SF Weekly | Complete Issue 2009

  • But hippie, prog, and arena rock somehow still dominate the guitar-based and noncountry airwaves all these years later.

    SF Weekly | Complete Issue 2009

  • So you can understand Duale's frustration: While Somalia is a country without a functioning government, Somaliland is a noncountry with a reasonably functioning government.

    The Herald | HeraldOnline.com - Front 2009

  • So you can understand Duale's frustration: While Somalia is a country without a functioning government, Somaliland is a noncountry with a reasonably functioning government.

    Kentucky.com: Homepage 2009

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