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- DictionaryNa·tion/ˈnāSH(ə)n/
noun
- 1. 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"
Nation definition: 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 its own. See examples of NATION used in a sentence.
: a community of people composed of one or more nationalities and possessing a more or less defined territory and government. Canada is a nation with a written constitution B. K. Sandwell. c. : a territorial division containing a body of people of one or more nationalities and usually characterized by relatively large size and independent status.
a country, especially when thought of as a large group of people living in one area with their own government, language, traditions, etc.: All the nations of the world will be represented at the conference. The Germans, as a nation, are often thought to be well organized.
A nation is a country and its people. It's also the word used for the Native American tribal federations in the US — the Cherokee Nation, for instance — which have their own governments and territories.
a country, especially when thought of as a large group of people living in one area with their own government, language, traditions, etc.: All the nations of the world will be represented at the conference. The Germans, as a nation, are often thought to be well organized.
nation. noun. /ˈneɪʃn/. /ˈneɪʃn/. [countable] a country considered as a group of people with the same language, culture and history, who live in a particular area under one government. European/Arab/Asian nations.
Nation definition, 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 its own: The president spoke to the nation about the new tax. See more.
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.
4 days ago · A nation is an individual country considered together with its social and political structures.
a country or the people living in a country: Asian nations. industrial nations. The entire nation mourned her death. a nation of dog lovers. See also. the United Nations. Fewer examples. The entire nation mourned her death. Jefferson's document formed the foundation of a new nation.
