Nchi : Tofauti kati ya masahihisho

Katika matumizi ya kawaida, neno nchi hutumiwa katika maana ya mataifa na majimbo, kukiwa na fasili tofauti. Katika baadhi ya matumizi inatumiwa kuashiria majimbo na vitengo vingine vya kisiasa,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/aia1901230/s22.html |title=Acts Interpretation Act 1901 - Sect 22: Meaning of certain words |publisher=Australasian Legal Information Institute |accessdate=2008-11-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/disp.pl/au/cases/cth/federal%5fct/1997/912.html |title=The Kwet Koe v Minister for Immigration &amp; Ethnic Affairs &amp; Ors [1997&#93; FCA 912 (8 September 1997)|publisher=Australasian Legal Information Institute |accessdate=2008-11-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/84411.pdf |title=U.S. Department of State Foreign Affairs Manual Volume 2—General |format=PDF |publisher=United States Department of State |accessdate=2008-11-12}}</ref> ilihali katika mengine inahusu tu majimbo <ref>{{cite web|url=http://geography.about.com/cs/politicalgeog/a/statenation.htm| title=Geography: Country, State, and Nation |accessdate=2008-11-12 |last=Rosenberg |first=Matt}}</ref>. Si nadra kwa taarifa ya ujumla au machapisho ya takwimu kuchukua ufafanuzi mpana wa neno hili kwa makusudi kama maonyesho na ulinganifu.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.countryreports.org/country.aspx?countryid=96&countryName=countryid=96&countryName=Greenland |title=Greenland Country Information |publisher=Countryreports.org |accessdate=2008-05-28 }} {{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2078rank.html |title=The World Factbook - Rank Order - Exports |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |accessdate=2008-11-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heritage.org/index/countries.cfm |title=Index of Economic Freedom |publisher=The Heritage Foundation |accessdate=2008-11-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heritage.org/research/features/index/topten.cfm |title=Index of Economic Freedom - Top 10 Countries |publisher=The Heritage Foundation |accessdate=2008-11-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heritage.org/research/features/index/chapters/pdf/index2007_RegionA_Asia-Pacific.pdf |title=Asia-Pacific (Region A) Economic Information |format=PDF |publisher=The Heritage Foundation |accessdate=2008-11-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://umich.edu/news/happy_08/HappyChart.pdf |title=Subjective well-being in 97 countries |format=PDF |publisher=University of Michigan |accessdate=2008-11-12}}</ref>

Baadhi ya vitengomaeneo vyayaliyokuwa kijiografia,zamani ambavyonchi zamaniau vilikuwapia majimbomadola yanayojisimamia,ya vinaaminikapekee na kujulikanabaadaye sehemu za dola kubwa zaidi, bado zinajulikana kama "nchi" kwahasa kawaidakama yametunza kiasi cha utamaduni wao, kama vile [[Uingereza]], [[ScotlandUskoti]] na [[WalesWelisi]] - katika [[Ufalme Ulioungana]] ([[Ufalme wa Muungano]]).<ref name="Lib of Congress">{{Cite web|url=http://www.loc.gov/law/help/uk.php|title=Legal Research Guide: United Kingdom - Law Library of Congress (Library of Cong|publisher=[[Library of Congress]]|date=2009-07-23|accessdate=2009-09-22|work=Library of Congress website|quote=The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the collective name of four countries, England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The four separate countries were united under a single Parliament through a series of Acts of Union.}}</ref><ref name="Number 10">{{cite web |url=http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page823 |title=countries within a country:number10.gov.uk|publisher=[[10 Downing Street]]|date=2003-01-10|accessdate=2009-09-22|work=10 Downing Street website|quote=The United Kingdom is made up of four countries: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.}}</ref><ref name="commonwealth">{{Cite web|url=http://www.thecommonwealth.org/YearbookInternal/139598/geography/|title=Commonwealth Secretariat - Geography|publisher=[[Commonwealth Secretariat]]|date=2009-09-22|accessdate=2009-09-22|work=Commonwealth Secretariat website|quote=The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) is a union of four countries: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.}}</ref><ref name="Europa">{{Cite web|url=http://europa.eu/youth/travelling_europe/index_uk_en.html|title=Travelling Europe - United Kingdom|publisher=[[European Commission]]|accessdate=2009-09-22|date=2009-06-29|work=European Youth Portal|quote=The United Kingdom is made up of four countries: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.}}</ref> Kihistoria, nchi za [[Umoja wa zamani wa Kisovyeti]] na [[Yugoslavia]] zilikuwa zingine. Majimbo ya zamani kama [[Bavaria]] (sasa ni sehemu ya Ujerumani) na [[Piedmont]] (sasa ni sehemu ya Italia) yangekuwa si kawaida kujulikana kama "nchi" katika Kiingereza ya kisasa. Kiwango cha uhuru wa nchi zisizo mataifa inatofautiana sana. Baadhi ni mali ya mataifa, kwani mataifa kadhaa yana [[maeneo yanayoyategemea]] ya ng'ambo (kama vile [[Visiwa vya Virgin vya Uingereza]], [[Saint Pierre na Miquelon]], na [[Samoa ya Marekani]]), yenye eneo na raia tofauti na yao wenyewe. Maeneo tegemezi kama haya wakati mwingine yanatajwa pamoja na mataifa huru kwenye orodha ya nchi, na yanaweza kuchukuliwa kama "[[nchi ya asili]]" katika biashara ya kimataifa, kama [[Hong Kong]] ilivyo. Baadhi ya nchi zimegawanywa kati ya majimbo kadhaa, kama vile [[Korea]] na [[Kurdistan]].

* [[Madola|Orodha ya nchi]]