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countrypolitan

countrypolitan noun: a subgenre of country music, a development of the Nashville sound, produced in the late 1960s and early 1970s, containing elements of popular music, including string sections and background vocals.

Noun

countrypolitan (uncountable)

  1. A subgenre of country music, a development of the Nashville sound, produced in the late 1960s and early 1970s, containing elements of popular music, including string sections and background vocals.

Adjective

countrypolitan (comparative more countrypolitan, superlative most countrypolitan)

  1. Of or sounding like countrypolitan music, or country music produced during the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Forms of countrypolitan

comparativemore countrypolitan
superlativemost countrypolitan

Origin of countrypolitan

Blend of country (music) + cosmopolitan.

Questions about countrypolitan

What does countrypolitan mean?
Countrypolitan means a subgenre of country music, a development of the Nashville sound, produced in the late 1960s and early 1970s, containing elements of popular music, including string sections and background vocals.
What part of speech is countrypolitan?
Countrypolitan can be a noun or an adjective.

Words near countrypolitan in the dictionary

  1. countrymates
  2. countrymen
  3. countrypeople
  4. countryperson
  5. countrypersons
  6. countrypolitan
  7. countrys
  8. countryseat
  9. countryseats
  10. countryship
  11. countryside

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