Nation — meaning in English
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English meaning
- nation noun A large group of people who share a common history, culture, language, or identity, often but not always tied to a specific country.
Senses
Nation is used for these senses in English:
- nation (collective) 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.
- nation (international, _, legal, metonymically) A sovereign state; (loosely, metonymically, proscribed) a country.
- nation (chiefly, historical) An association of students based on the birthplace or ethnicity of its members.
nation — full definition
- noun A large group of people who share a common history, culture, language, or identity, often but not always tied to a specific country.
- noun A country, especially as a political and territorial unit.