English Explanatory Dictionary

nation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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. A community united by some trait (especially an interest) but not historically constituted.
  3. A sovereign state; (loosely, metonymic, proscribed) a country.
  4. An association of students based on the birthplace or ethnicity of its members.
  5. A great number; a great deal.
  6. In North America, an Indigenous people with federal and/or state recognition as such and (often also) their federally recognized territory.
noun
  1. Damnation.
adv
  1. Extremely, very.
adj
  1. An intensifier; extreme, great.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

nā'shən /ˈneɪʃən/ en-us-nation.ogg

Word forms

nation nations 'nation

Etymology

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

Synonyms

tribe student nation

Related words

antenatal innate nascent natal native nativism nativity nativization natural naturalism nature naturism prenatal country culture ethnicity homeland people race society state

Derived words

aspirant nation bedroom nation bug nation captive nation cybernation Delaware Nation domestic dependent nation egonation father of the nation First Nation First Nations Ford Nation Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation home nation independent mini-nation indispensable nation internation macronation micronation mini-nation model nation most favored nation most favoured nation mother of the nation multination Munsee-Delaware Nation nanonation natiolect national nation-builder nation-building nationful nationhood nationism nationist nationless nationlike Nation of Islam nation of laws nationship nation-state nation state nationwide nation wrecker Navajo Nation Neutral Nation new nation project one nation one-nation conservatism one-nation conservative plurination project nation proposition nation pseudonation pseudo-nation ronation Six Nations of the Grand River space nation State of the Nation student nation

Translations

Afrikaans: nasie Afrikaans: volk Albanian: komb Southern Altai: эл Southern Altai: калык Southern Altai: улус Southern Altai: јурт Southern Altai: аймак Amharic: ብሔር Arabic: أُمَّة Arabic: قَوْم Aramaic: ܐܘܡܬܐ Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: אוּמְּתָא Armenian: ազգ Armenian: ժողովուրդ Azerbaijani: millət Bashkir: милләт Belarusian: на́цыя Belarusian: наро́д Bengali: কওম Bengali: মিল্লত Bengali: উম্মত Breton: broad Bulgarian: на́ция Bulgarian: наро́д Burmese: လူမျိုးသည် Burmese: လူမျိုး Burmese: ပြည်သူပြည်သား Catalan: nació Cebuano: nasod Chavacano: nacion Cherokee: ᎠᏰᎵᎯ Cherokee: ᎠᏰᎵᎤᏙᏢᏒ Chichewa: fuko Chinese Cantonese: 人民 Chinese Cantonese: 國民 /国民 Chinese: жынмин Chinese: 人民 Chinese: 國民 /国民 Eastern Min Chinese: 人民 Eastern Min Chinese: 國民 /国民 Gan Chinese: 人民 Hakka Chinese: 人民 Hakka Chinese: 國民 /国民 Jin Chinese: 人民 Jin Chinese: 國民 /国民 Chinese Mandarin: 人民 Chinese Mandarin: 國民 /国民 Northern Min Chinese: 人民 Wu Chinese: 人民 Wu Chinese: 國民 /国民 Xiang Chinese: 人民 Xiang Chinese: 國民 /国民 Chukchi: варат West Circassian: цӏыфы лъэпкъ Ngazidja Comorian: twaifa Czech: národ Danish: nation Dutch: natie Dutch: volk Esperanto: nacio Estonian: natsioon Estonian: rahvus Faroese: tjóð Finnish: kansa
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