Countries

//ˈkʌntɹiz// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    plural of country. form-of, plural

    "But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 (the average of the 15 poorest countries’ own poverty lines, measured in 2005 dollars and adjusted for differences in purchasing power): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short."

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areanationstateacresagrarianagrestic

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"Mali is one of the poorest countries in Subsaharan Africa."

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