foreign country

US/fɔːɹɪn kʌntɹi/US[fɔːɹɪn kʰʌnt͡ʃʰɹi]

noun

Any country of which one is not a citizen. (This entry is a translation hub.)

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Meanings

nounforeign country (plural foreign countries)

plural foreign countries

  1. Any country of which one is not a citizen. (This entry is a translation hub.)

Translations

Arabic بَلَد أَجْنَبِيّ
  • بَلَد أَجْنَبِيّ (balad ʔajnabiyy)country of which one is not a citizen
Basque atzerri
  • atzerricountry of which one is not a citizen
Bengali বিদেশ, প্রবাস
  • বিদেশ (bideś)country of which one is not a citizen
  • প্রবাস (probaś)country of which one is not a citizen
Bulgarian чужби́на
  • чужби́на (čužbína)country of which one is not a citizen
Catalan estranger
  • estrangercountry of which one is not a citizen
Chinese Cantonese 外國 /外国, 他鄉 /他乡
  • 外國 /外国 (ngoi⁶ gwok³)country of which one is not a citizen
  • 他鄉 /他乡 (taa¹ hoeng¹)country of which one is not a citizen
Chinese Mandarin 外國 /外国, 海外
  • 外國 /外国 (wàiguó)country of which one is not a citizen
  • 海外 (hǎiwài)country of which one is not a citizen
  • 他鄉 /他乡 (tāxiāng)country of which one is not a citizen
  • 異國 /异国 (yìguó)country of which one is not a citizen
Czech cizí země
  • cizí zeměcountry of which one is not a citizen
Danish udland
  • udlandcountry of which one is not a citizen
Dutch buitenland
  • buitenlandcountry of which one is not a citizen
Esperanto fremdlando, eksterlando
  • fremdlandocountry of which one is not a citizen
  • eksterlandocountry of which one is not a citizen
  • alilandocountry of which one is not a citizen
Estonian välismaa
  • välismaacountry of which one is not a citizen
Finnish ulkomaa, ulkovalta
  • ulkomaacountry of which one is not a citizen
  • ulkovaltacountry of which one is not a citizen
French étranger, pays étranger
  • étrangercountry of which one is not a citizen
  • pays étrangercountry of which one is not a citizen
German Ausland, fremdes Land
  • Auslandcountry of which one is not a citizen
  • fremdes Landcountry of which one is not a citizen
Hebrew נֵכָר
  • נֵכָר (nekar)country of which one is not a citizen
Hindi विदेश
  • विदेश (videś)country of which one is not a citizen
Hungarian külföld, külhon
  • külföldcountry of which one is not a citizen
  • külhoncountry of which one is not a citizen
Icelandic útland
  • útlandcountry of which one is not a citizen
Italian estero
  • esterocountry of which one is not a citizen
Japanese 海外, 外国
  • 海外 (kaigai)country of which one is not a citizen
  • 外国 (gaikoku)country of which one is not a citizen
Korean 외국, 이국
  • 외국 (oeguk)country of which one is not a citizen
  • 이국 (iguk)country of which one is not a citizen
Latin barbaria
  • barbariacountry of which one is not a citizen
Lithuanian užsienis
  • užsieniscountry of which one is not a citizen
Norwegian Bokmål utland, fremmed land
  • utlandcountry of which one is not a citizen
  • fremmed landcountry of which one is not a citizen
Polish zagranica
  • zagranicacountry of which one is not a citizen
Portuguese país estrangeiro
  • país estrangeirocountry of which one is not a citizen
Romanian străinătate
  • străinătatecountry of which one is not a citizen
Russian зарубе́жная страна́, заграни́ца
  • зарубе́жная страна́ (zarubéžnaja straná)country of which one is not a citizen
  • заграни́ца (zagraníca)country of which one is not a citizen
  • чужби́на (čužbína)country of which one is not a citizen
  • зарубе́жье (zarubéžʹje)country of which one is not a citizen
Slovak cudzia krajina, cudzina
  • cudzia krajinacountry of which one is not a citizen
  • cudzinacountry of which one is not a citizen
Spanish el extranjero
  • el extranjerocountry of which one is not a citizen
Swahili nchi ya nje
  • nchi ya njecountry of which one is not a citizen
Swedish främmande land
  • främmande landcountry of which one is not a citizen
Tamil வெளிநாடு, அயல்நாடு
  • வெளிநாடு (veḷināṭu)country of which one is not a citizen
  • அயல்நாடு (ayalnāṭu)country of which one is not a citizen
Thai ต่างประเทศ, เมืองนอก
  • ต่างประเทศ (dtàang-bprà-têet)country of which one is not a citizen
  • เมืองนอก (mʉʉang-nɔ̂ɔk)country of which one is not a citizen
  • พิเทศ (pí-têet)country of which one is not a citizen
  • บรเทศ (bɔɔ-rá-têet)country of which one is not a citizen
Ukrainian закордо́н, чужина́
  • закордо́н (zakordón)country of which one is not a citizen
  • чужина́ (čužyná)country of which one is not a citizen
  • зарубі́жжя (zarubížžja)country of which one is not a citizen
  • закордо́ння (zakordónnja)country of which one is not a citizen
Urdu بِدیس
  • بِدیس (bides)country of which one is not a citizen
Vietnamese nước ngoài
  • nước ngoàicountry of which one is not a citizen
Cite this entry
APA

foreign country. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foreign%20country

MLA

“foreign country.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foreign%20country. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “foreign country,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foreign%20country.

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