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country

country music

noun KAHN-tree Rare

Origin: English loanword adopted unchanged.

Also means

countryside (style)

Usage Note

Country is used in Italian as an invariable masculine noun or adjective primarily to refer to the American musical genre: la musica country, un concerto country. It is always masculine when used as a noun. Do not confuse with il paese or la campagna, which are the Italian words for 'country' (nation) and 'countryside'.

Examples

"Ascolto molto la musica country."

Natural Translation

I listen to a lot of country music.

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