"host country" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: host countries [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} host country (plural host countries)
  1. A country in which an international event is held. Translations (country which holds an international event): 東道國 (Chinese Mandarin), 东道国 (dōngdàoguó) (Chinese Mandarin), isäntämaa (Finnish), 開催国 (kaisaikoku) (alt: かいさいこく) (Japanese), земја домаќин (zemja domaḱin) [feminine] (Macedonian), принима́ющая страна́ (prinimájuščaja straná) [feminine] (Russian), страна́-устрои́тельница (straná-ustroítelʹnica) [feminine] (Russian), värdland [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-host_country-en-noun-60hxxtOw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 2 47 Disambiguation of 'country which holds an international event': 45 30 25
  2. A country which is the target of immigration. Translations (country which is the target of immigration): 東道國 (Chinese Mandarin), 东道国 (dōngdàoguó) (Chinese Mandarin), isäntämaa (Finnish), 受入国 (ukeirekoku) (alt: うけいれこく) (Japanese), принима́ющая страна́ (prinimájuščaja straná) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-host_country-en-noun-17FbwyBp Disambiguation of 'country which is the target of immigration': 15 72 14
  3. A country whose leaders accept the visitation of the representatives or agencies of another country.
    Sense id: en-host_country-en-noun-CFltYuRY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 2 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: host city

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "country which holds an international event",
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      "sense": "country which holds an international event",
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      "word": "東道國"
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