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Definitions for Nation

[1] a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own: The president spoke to the nation about the new tax.
[2] the territory or country itself: the nations of Central America.
[3] a member tribe of an American Indian confederation.
[4] an aggregation of persons of the same ethnic family, often speaking the same language or cognate languages.
[5] Carry or Carrie (Amelia Moore), 1846–1911, U.S. temperance leader.
[6] an aggregation of people or peoples of one or more cultures, races, etc, organized into a single state the Australian nation
[7] a community of persons not constituting a state but bound by common descent, language, history, etc the French-Canadian nation
[8] a federation of tribes, esp American Indians the territory occupied by such a federation

Words related to Nation

tribe, democracy, people, union, community, society, state, public, population, commonwealth, domain, land, realm, populace, monarchy, race, republic, dominion, empire, sovereignty

Words nearby Nation

nathaniel, nathans, natheless, natick, natimortality, nation, nation of islam, nation, carry, nation-building, nation-state, national

Origin of Nation

1250–1300; Middle English < Latin nātiōn- (stem of nātiō ) birth, tribe, equivalent to nāt(us ) (past participle of nāscī to be born) + -iōn- -ion

Other words from Nation

na·tion·hood , noun
na·tion·less , adjective
in·ter·na·tion , adjective
min·i·na·tion , noun
su·per·na·tion , noun

Word origin for Nation

C13: via Old French from Latin nātiō birth, tribe, from nascī to be born

Synonyms for Nation

community, democracy, people, population, public, society, state, tribe, union, commonwealth, domain, dominion, empire, land, monarchy, populace, principality, race, realm, republic, sovereignty, body politic