English dictionary, thesaurus, translations & etymology
FreeDict.com

nazione — meaning in English

Italian → English · translate English → Italian instead

English meaning

  • country noun A nation with its own government and defined territory.
  • 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.
  • people noun Human beings in general, or the men, women and children of a particular group, place or nation.

Senses

nazione is used for these senses in English:

  • country The territory of a nation; a sovereign state or a region once independent and still distinct in institutions, language, etc. [from 14th c.]
  • 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.
  • people (countable, collective) Persons forming or belonging to a particular group, such as a nation, class, ethnic group, country, family, etc.

country — full definition

  1. noun A nation with its own government and defined territory.
  2. noun Rural land, as opposed to cities and towns.
  3. adj Relating to or typical of rural areas, or of country music.

nation — full definition

  1. noun A large group of people who share a common history, culture, language, or identity, often but not always tied to a specific country.
  2. noun A country, especially as a political and territorial unit.

Related Italian words