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nation
Found in thesaurus: political unit, political entity, people, confederation, confederacy, federation
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nation
n.
country; people of a certain country or nationality
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Nation
Nation (from Latin: natio, "people, tribe, kin, genus, class, flock") is a social concept with no uncontroversial definition, but that is most commonly used to designate larger groups or collectives of people with common characteristics attributed to them—including language, traditions, customs (mores), habits (habitus), and ethnicity. A nation, by comparison, is more impersonal, abstract, and overtly political than an ethnic group. It is a cultural-political community that has become conscious of its autonomy, unity, and particular interests.
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Nation
Noun
1. United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911)
(synonym) Carry Nation, Carry Amelia Moore Nation
(hypernym) dry, prohibitionist
nation
Noun
1. a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land"
(synonym) state, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic
(hypernym) political unit
(hyponym) Dominion
(part-meronym) estate, estate of the realm
2. the people who live in a nation or country; "a statement that sums up the nation's mood"; "the news was announced to the nation"; "the whole country worshipped him"
(synonym) land, country, a people
(hypernym) people
(hyponym) Dutch, Dutch people
(member-meronym) national, subject
3. a federation of tribes (especially native American tribes); "the Shawnee nation"
(hypernym) confederation, confederacy, federation
(hyponym) tribe, federation of tribes
(classification) United States, United States of America, America, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A.
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Nation (die)
nf.
nation, country; people of a certain country or nationality
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Nation
nf.
Nation, place in Paris; family name
nation
nf.
nation, people, country, people of a certain country or nationality
