na·tion
na·tion/ˈnāSH(ə)n/
noun
a large body of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular country or territory.
"the world's leading industrialized nations"
synonyms: country, state, land, sovereign state, nation state, kingdom, empire, republic, confederation, federation, commonwealth, power, superpower, polity, domain, fatherland, motherland, people, race, civilization, tribe, society, community, population, body politic, populace, public, realm, res publica
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Apr 11, 2024 · 3. : a tribe or federation of tribes (as of American Indians) the Seminole Nation in Oklahoma.
A nation is a large type of social organization where a collective identity, a national identity, has emerged from a combination of shared features across a given population, such as language, history, ethnicity, culture, territory or society.
a country, esp. when thought of as a large group of people living in one area with their own government, language, and traditions:.
3 senses: 1. an aggregation of people or peoples of one or more cultures, races, etc, organized into a single state 2. a.... Click for more definitions.
6 days ago · noun. a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a ...
Oct 19, 2023 · A nation is a territory where all the people are led by the same government. The word “nation” can also refer to a group of people who share ...
A large group of people said to be bound together by a shared history, culture, language, religion, and/or *homeland... ... Access to the complete ...
noun. : the people who live in a nation. The President will speak to the nation tonight. The entire nation is celebrating the victory.
The nation is a community of kinship, specifically a bounded, territorially extensive, temporally deep community of nativity. The term 'community' refers to a ...
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 ...