Nation

Word NATION
Character 6
Hyphenation na tion
Pronunciations /ˈneɪ.ʃən/

Definitions and meanings of "Nation"

What do we mean by nation?

A relatively large group of people organized under a single, usually independent government; a country. noun

The territory occupied by such a group of people. noun

The government of a sovereign state. noun

A people who share common customs, origins, history, and frequently language; a nationality. noun

A federation or tribe, especially one composed of Native Americans. noun

The territory occupied by such a federation or tribe. noun

In a broad sense, a race of people; an aggregation of persons of the same ethnic family, and speaking the same language or cognate languages. noun

In a narrower sense, a political society composed of a sovereign or government and subjects or citizens, and constituting a political unit; an organized community inhabiting a certain extent of territory, within which its sovereignty is exercised. noun

Hence A tribe, community, or congregation, whether of men or animals. noun

A division of students for voting purposes, according to their place of birth, as in the universities of Aberdeen and Glasgow, and formerly in that of Paris. noun

Race; species; family; lineage. noun

A great number; a multitude. noun

Synonyms and Race, etc. See people. noun

Very; extremely; by a vast deal: as, nation mean; nation pa'tie'lar.

A part, or division, of the people of the earth, distinguished from the rest by common descent, language, or institutions; a race; a stock. noun

The body of inhabitants of a country, united under an independent government of their own. noun

Family; lineage. noun

A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed on the basis of a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture.

A sovereign state.

An association of students based on its members' birthplace or ethnicity.

A great number; a great deal.

A group of people identified by a geographic area and an established government. Urban Dictionary

A word that can be used in place of words you can't think of when you are excited Urban Dictionary

An expression of axeness. Urban Dictionary

African Mauritians - Blacks Urban Dictionary

Adj. meaning another word for cool or sick Urban Dictionary

"It's the energy, it's the desire...it's what wants to be done, what needs to be done, and what will probably get done." Urban Dictionary

To become beligerent or militant; go postal. An homage to the Nation of Islam. Urban Dictionary

Haha the guy before me heard that on howard stern Urban Dictionary

To put something serious up on your gang or on your set to prove that you telling the truth Urban Dictionary

An indie-rock band from Brooklyn. They have been on David Letterman and have several albums, including The National, Alligator, and Boxer. Their main members are Matt Berninger, Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner, Bryan Devendorf, and Scott Devendorf. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Nation

The word "nation" in example sentences

Simply because America is the only nation that has used atomic weapons against another nation… and that there have been no such weapons used since, is no guarantee that it cannot happen again and in fact, is considered "acceptable" in some circles of Washington. ❋ Brasfield, Philip C. (1981)

As Chancellor of the Exchequer he was the Minister most interested in knowing that Palmerston, Russell, and himself were banded together by mutual pledge to make the Confederacy a nation the next week, and that the Southern leaders had as yet no hope of “making a nation” but in them. ❋ Unknown (1918)

Jews might hardly have been called by Jeremiah _an ancient nation, from of old a nation_, and in fact these phrases are wanting in the Greek version. ❋ George Adam Smith (1899)

An English _nation_ or set of students of the Faculty of Arts at Paris existed in 1169; after 1430 the name was changed to the German nation. ❋ Frederick James Furnivall (1867)

_nation_, or _state_, is a large number of persons united under some form of government; as, the French nation; the British nation; or the state of New-York; the state of Virginia. ❋ Andrew W. Young (N/A)

"If the Doctor had been contented with the liberty he took of preaching up the duty of passive obedience in the most extensive manner he had thought fit, and would have stopped there, your Lordships would not have had the trouble in relation to him that you now have; but it is plain that he preached up his absolute and unconditional obedience, not _to continue the peace and tranquillity of this nation, but to set the subjects at strife, and to raise a war in the bowels of this nation_: and it is for _this_ that he is now prosecuted; though he would fain have it believed that the prosecution was for preaching the peaceable doctrine of absolute obedience." ❋ Edmund Burke (1763)

"I repeat, 'Hell has no fury like a nation scorned' -- _Nation_, you hear, Pickles -- _nation_, not woman. ❋ Charles Romyn Dake (N/A)

"The ultimate aim of the Czecho-Slovak National Council in Prague is postulated by the demand of these times: _to enlist for systematic work, to organise and lead the great spiritual, moral and national resources of the nation_ to that end which is the most sacred and inalienable right of every nation and which cannot and will not be denied also to our nation: ❋ Vladim��r Nosek (1929)

Commonwealth, a free an '_equal_ member of a liberty-loving nation, a nation whose standard is, _now_ and forever,' Gimme liberty or gimme det ', a _nation_ that stands for all the conceivable benefits that mankind may enjoy, a _nation_ that scintillates pyrotechnically over the prostitution of power -- " ❋ Clarence Edward Mulford (1919)

The fact that President Obama used the phrase "nation building at home" in his recent speech on the draw down of troops which I had promoted in the Huffington Post last fall is mildly encouraging. ❋ Derek Shearer (2011)

She did not use the term nation-building, but it started at such a low point. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The word nation entered English in the fourteenth century by way of Anglo-Norman and Middle French. ❋ Strobe Talbott (2008)

The exclusive possession of a dialect and of a territory has led to the application of the term nation to many Indian tribes, notwithstanding the fewness of the people in each. ❋ Lewis H. Morgan (1849)

"No one trusts the word nation anymore," declares Jacob Mooney in his much-anticipated second collection of poetry ❋ REVIEWED BY SONNET L (2011)

World Armenians are not a monolythic structure, which is due to Armenians 'inclination to assimilate with the title nation of the country where they leave, said head of the Center for political innovations and technologies Mubariz Ahmedoghlu.

And it doesn't look like something that most of the nation is at all understanding of. ❋ Unknown (2010)

When nations [make] [war] against other nations, people [die]. ❋ Jon Davis (2004)

Dude that nation [bitch] is nation...[damn] she was so [freaking] nation. ❋ Hey Sixman (2005)

"[Holy nation]!" ❋ Anonymous (2003)

[Alle] [faire] nation boure [toi]! Ta nation ❋ Ho Ho Ho Hi Hi Hi Ha Ha Ha (2009)

Guy 1 - "why is [mike] still in [the hot tub]?" Guy 2 - " because he's too nation to [get out]" ❋ R2D2pac (2008)

What's [going on] for [the night]? Drink [Nation]! ❋ The Boob (2003)

When that bitch heard they didn't have no [maple bacon], she [upped] and went nation [on that ass]! ❋ Wh00kah (2004)

[one nation] under [groove] ❋ The Truth (2004)

Person 1: Man [theses] niggas just tried to five Person 2: For real lord [Peron] 1: [On nation] ❋ Jaydoedadon (2017)

The National, Boxer, [Alligator], Fake Empire, Mistaken for Strangers, Karen, Looking for Astronauts, Daughters of the [Soho] Riots, Apartment Story, [Brainy], Green Gloves, Slow Show. ❋ Z Ed (2009)

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