host country

host country

English

Noun

host country (plural host countries)

1. A country in which an international event is held.

   Chile is the host country for this year's conference.

2. A country which is the target of immigration.

   Many immigrants struggle to adapt themselves to the culture of the host country.

3. A country whose leaders accept the visitation of the representatives or agencies of another country.

Related terms

• host city

Translations

country which holds an international event

Chinese: Mandarin: 東道國／东道国 (zh) (dōngdàoguó) Finnish: isäntämaa (fi) Japanese: 開催国 (かいさいこく, kaisaikoku) Macedonian: земја домаќин f (zemja domaḱin) Russian: принима́ющая страна́ f (prinimájuščaja straná), страна́-устрои́тельница f (straná-ustroítelʹnica) Swedish: värdland n

country which is the target of immigration

Chinese: Mandarin: 東道國／东道国 (zh) (dōngdàoguó) Finnish: isäntämaa (fi) Japanese: 受入国 (うけいれこく, ukeirekoku) Russian: принима́ющая страна́ f (prinimájuščaja straná)

References

• “host-country”, in Collins English Dictionary.