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Meaning of 'nation' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Nation [ 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.
- The body of inhabitants of a country, united under an independent government of their own.
- Family; lineage.
- One of the divisions of university students in a classification according to nativity, formerly common in Europe.
- One of the four divisions (named from the parts of Scotland) in which students were classified according to their nativity.
- A great number; a great deal; -- by way of emphasis; as, a nation of herbs.

Meaning of 'nation' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . nation [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the people who live in a nation or country
Example in sentence:
  • a statement that sums up the nation's mood;
  • the news was announced to the nation;
  • the whole country worshipped him
Meaning (2):
- a politically organized body of people under a single government
Example in sentence:
  • African nations;
  • an industrialized land;
  • students who had come to the nation's capitol;
  • the country's largest manufacturer;
  • the state has elected a new president
Meaning (3):
- a federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes)
Example in sentence:
  • the Shawnee nation

Nearby Words:

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