Nations

Word NATIONS
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Pronunciations /ˈneɪʃənz/

Definitions and meanings of "Nations"

What do we mean by nations?

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.

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The word "nations" in example sentences

“The nations” is the common expression in the Old Testament for non-Jews as a group, and a Gentile is a person belonging to “the nations. ❋ Unknown (2002)

The _customary law of nations_ consists of certain maxims, or is founded on customs and usages which have been long observed and tacitly consented to by nations, and have thereby become binding upon all who have adopted them, so far as their observance does not require a violation of the law of nature. ❋ Andrew W. Young (N/A)

The law of nature applied to nations or states as moral persons, is called the _natural law of nations_. ❋ Andrew W. Young (N/A)

It is also called the _necessary law of nations_, because nations are morally bound to observe it; and sometimes the _internal law of nations_, from its being binding on the conscience. ❋ Andrew W. Young (N/A)

A resolution was carried unanimously demanding amongst other things a just and lasting peace which would prevent the outbreak of fresh conflagrations and assure liberty to all nations in Europe, and "_self-determination for all nations_, including also that branch of the Czecho-Slovak nation which lives in Hungary." ❋ Vladim��r Nosek (1929)

"As to the willingness or ability of neutral nations to resist the Decrees of France, his Majesty has always professed ... _a disposition to relax or modify his measures of retaliation and self-defence in proportion as those of neutral, nations_ should come in aid of them and take their place." ❋ Unknown (1877)

_all_ the nations of the world as equally involved in the vast spiritual interests at stake, we should have no difficulty in understanding how possible and natural it was for Jeremiah to hear his mission _to the nations_ clearly indicated in the very moment of his call. ❋ George Adam Smith (1899)

VIEW FAVORITES yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Israel: As the light onto the nations'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = '‘Israel is the light onto the nations\' says the Torah. ❋ Unknown (2009)

She singled out China and Syria as examples of what she called nations whose Internet restrictions would eventually boomerang. ❋ Mary Beth Sheridan (2011)

Continuous improvement in the levels of our productive efficiency in comparison and competition with the growing achievements of other nations is the only firm foundation for our future development and prosperity. ❋ Unknown (1966)

Between no two other nations is there such a free interchange of ideas and products. ❋ Unknown (1959)

_First_, there is a recognition of a world of growing, living historical entities which we call nations; and this recognition implies new understanding and an enrichment of knowledge. ❋ G.E. Partridge (N/A)

One of the greatest preventives of a quarrelsome spirit among the nations is the rising cost of nickel, because nickel is necessary for armour plate. ❋ Unknown (1912)

When we consider that though Britain has unquestionably the defects of her qualities and that sometimes those defects may seem to be more conspicuous even than their corresponding excellencies, yet, without shutting our eyes for a moment to national faults, I believe profoundly that the place which Britain holds today among the nations is to be attributed, under Providence, to nothing else, to nothing less, than the genuine worth of British character. ❋ Unknown (1904)

What was said to all the nations is here with a particular tenderness applied to the nation of the Jews, for whom Jeremiah was sensibly concerned. ❋ Unknown (1721)

From what I’ve been told about Chile, one of the reasons that they are richer than most other Latin American nations is that the very Catholic Chilean upper class has many kids while the underclass have fewer kids. ❋ Unknown (2007)

McCain DOESNT UNDERSTAND our nations is a CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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