nation — meaning in English

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.
• state noun The particular condition someone or something is in at a given time.

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

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.

state — full definition

1. noun The particular condition someone or something is in at a given time.
2. noun A country, or a self-governing political division within a larger country (such as one of the fifty American states).
3. verb To say or write something clearly and directly.

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