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    Na·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"
  2. : a territorial division containing a body of people of one or more nationalities and usually characterized by relatively large size and independent status. a nation of vast size with a small population Mary K. Hammond. 2. archaic : group, aggregation. 3. : a tribe or federation of tribes (as of American Indians) the Seminole Nation in Oklahoma.

  3. a country, esp. when thought of as a large group of people living in one area with their own government, language, and traditions: Most industrialized nations of the world will be represented at the conference. Throughout the nation today people will go to the polls to elect a new government.

  4. 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.

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › NationNation - Wikipedia

    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.

  6. Definition of nation noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. nation. noun. /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. The West African nation of Togo has presidential elections this week.

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