Nchi : Tofauti kati ya masahihisho

Katika [[jiografia]], '''nchi''' ni kanda au eneo la kijiografia. Neno hili mara nyingi hutumiwa kwa kitengo cha kisiasa au eneo la taifa huru, au kwa eneo ndogo la kijiografia, zamani likiwa [[kitengo cha kisiasa,]]. Kwa kawaida, lakini si kila wakati, nchi inasanjari na [[eneo huru]] na kuhusishwa na [[taifa]] au [[serikali]].

''Nchi'' pia inaweza kumaanisha [[sehemu za mashambani,]], kinyume na [[mji]].

Baadhi ya vitengo vya kijiografia, ambavyo zamani vilikuwa majimbo yanayojisimamia, vinaaminika na kujulikana bado kama nchi kwa kawaida kama vile [[Uingereza]], [[Scotland]] na [[Wales]] - katika [[Ufalme Ulioungana]] ([[UK).]]). <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.]].

Katika Kiingereza neno hili kwa zaidi limehusishwa na vitengo vya kisiasa, ili maana moja, inayohusishwa na [[nakala isiyo sawa]] - "nchi" - sasa ni [[kisawe]] kwa [[taifa,]], au taifa lililokuwa huru zamani, katika maana ya eneo huru linalojitegemea. <ref>[30] ^ [[OED,]] Nchi</ref> Maeneo madogo sana kuliko tawala ya kisiasa yanaweza kuitwa kwa majina kama [[Nchi]] ya [[Magharibi]] nchini Uingereza, " nchi kubwa "(inayotumika katika mazingira mbalimbali ya [[Magharibi ya Marekani),]], "nchi ya makaa"(inayotumika katika ya maeneo ya Marekani na kwingineko) na maneno mengine mengi. <ref name="oed">{{cite encyclopedia| editor = John Simpson, Edmund Weiner | encyclopedia = Oxford English Dictionary| edition = 1971 compact | publisher = Oxford University Press| location = Oxford, England| isbn = 0198611862

Maneno sawa katika [[lugha ya]] Kifaransa na [[Kirumi]] ''(pays'' na variants) hayajabeba mchakato wa kutambuliwa na majimbo ya kisiasa yaliyo huru kama "nchi" katika Kiingereza, na katika mengi ya nchi za Ulaya maneno haya hutumiwa kwa vitengo vidogo vya maeneo ya kitaifa, kama katika [[Länder]] ya [[Kijerumani,]], vilevile kama neno lisilo rasmi kwa jimbo au taifa huru. Ufaransa ina "pays" nyingi sana ambazo zinatambuliwa rasmi katika kiwango fulani, na ni aidha [[kanda ya asili]], kama [[Pays de Bray,]], au zinaashiria miungano ya kale ya kisiasa au kiuchumi, kama [[Pays de la Loire.]]. Wakati huo huo Wales, Marekani, na Brazili pia ni "pays" katika matamshi ya kila siku Kifaransa.