χώρα

Etymology

 * possibly loaned from a substrate or other regional language. Has been tentatively and inconclusively compared with  as well as ; Beekes dismisses these connections as unfounded. No apparent cognates outside of Greek.

Beekes however compares, assuming common derivation from the root , which would not make it related to.

Noun

 * 1) location, place, spot (see Latin locus)
 * 2) the proper place
 * 3) one's place in life
 * 4) piece of land: tract, land, field
 * 5) country (opposite town), countryside
 * 6) country, nation

Noun

 * 1)  main town or village
 * 2)  country,   homeland, country of birth