| ## Text Encoding Initiative
### The XML Version of the TEI Guidelines # <country>

`<country>` | (country) in an address, gives the name of the nation, country, colony, or commonwealth; in a place name given as a hierarchy of geo-political units, the `<country>` is larger or administratively superior to the `<region>` and smaller than the `<bloc>`.
Attributes | Global attributes and those inherited from names, placePart, typed
Example |
    <country n="DK">Denmark</country>
Note | If attributes are used to identify the country referred to (as the `n` is used above), the values should be taken from recognized lists of abbreviations, e.g. ISO 3166.
Module | Declared in file teind2; Additional tag set for Names and Dates: enabled by TEI.names.dates
Class | placePart; names; typed
May contain | #PCDATA abbr add addSpan address alt altGrp anchor app bibl biblFull biblStruct c caesura camera caption castList cb certainty cit cl corr damage date dateRange dateStruct del delSpan distinct emph expan fLib figure foreign formula fs fsLib fvLib fw gap geogName gloss handShift hi index interp interpGrp join joinGrp label lang lb link linkGrp list listBibl m measure mentioned milestone move name note num oRef oVar orgName orig pRef pVar pb persName phr placeName ptr q quote ref reg respons restore rs s seg sic soCalled sound space span spanGrp stage supplied table tech term text time timeRange timeStruct timeline title unclear view w witDetail xptr xref
May occur within | placeName
Declaration |
    <!ELEMENT country %om.RO; %paraContent;>
    <!ATTLIST country
          %a.global;
          %a.names;
          %a.typed;>
See further | 20.2 Place Names

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