a country scattered over Micronesia with a constitutional government in free association with the United States; achieved independence in 1986 | a politically organized body of people under a single government |
a republic in the western central Pacific Ocean in association with the United States | the people who live in a nation or country |
(astronomy) a measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion; terrestrial time is mean solar time corrected for the irregularities of the Earth's motions | the territory occupied by a nation |
| an area outside of cities and towns |
| a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography) |