Nation

['neɪʃ(ə)n] or ['neʃən]

Definition

(noun.) 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'.

(noun.) a federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes); 'the Shawnee nation'.

(noun.) United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911).

Inputed by Isabella--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A part, or division, of the people of the earth, distinguished from the rest by common descent, language, or institutions; a race; a stock.

(n.) The body of inhabitants of a country, united under an independent government of their own.

(n.) Family; lineage.

(n.) One of the divisions of university students in a classification according to nativity, formerly common in Europe.

(n.) One of the four divisions (named from the parts of Scotland) in which students were classified according to their nativity.

(n.) A great number; a great deal; -- by way of emphasis; as, a nation of herbs.

Edited by Ethelred

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. State, commonwealth, realm, nationality.[2]. People, community, population, race.

Checker: Marsha

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Race, people, realm, community, commonwealth, state,[SeeCOMMUNITY_and_PEOPLE]

Checked by Letitia

Definition

n. a body of people born of the same stock: the people inhabiting the same country or under the same government: a race: a great number: a division of students in a university for voting purposes at Aberdeen and Glasgow.

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Examples

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