nation

Meaning

Noun

1. (collective) A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed based on a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture.
2. (broadly, collective, humorous, informal, often) A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed based on a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture.
3. (metonymically) A sovereign state; (loosely, metonymic, proscribed) a country.
4. (historical) An association of students based on the birthplace or ethnicity of its members.
5. (obsolete) A great number; a great deal.
6. In North America, an Indigenous people and their federally recognized territory.

Adv

Extremely, very.

Adj

An intensifier; extreme, great.

Synonyms

country

people

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state

land

folk

nationality

race

kingdom

populace

tribe

territory

nation-state

commonwealth

caste

region

homeland

clan

class

res publica

State

community

body politic

national

district

sovereign state

realm

area

village

government

student union

the Gentiles

student service association

province

ambit

citizen

citizenry

city

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countryside

dominion

earth

ethnic groups

family

👪

fatherland

fraternity

genus

home

🏠

house

🏠

hut

🛖

Kansas

periphery

Translations

nation

nación

Nation

nazione

natie

paese

Volk

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nação

pays

Staat

país

peuple

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pueblo

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état

έθνος

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈneɪʃən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: nacioun

In summary

From Middle English nacioun, nacion, from Old French nacion, from Latin nātiōnem, accusative of nātiō (“nation”). Displaced native Old English þēod.

Sentences

It believes that nationalism is putting the interests of the nation above sectarian interests .

His conception of nation was of a " social solidarity " that necessitated " cultural unity ".