nation
Pronunciation: /ˈneɪʃən/
The English word “nation” has 9 meanings listed here.
noun
- 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.
- A community united by some trait (especially an interest) but not historically constituted.
- A sovereign state; (loosely, metonymic, proscribed) a country.
- An association of students based on the birthplace or ethnicity of its members.
- A great number; a great deal.
- In North America, an Indigenous people with federal and/or state recognition as such and (often also) their federally recognized territory.
- Damnation.
adverb
- Extremely, very.
adjective
- An intensifier; extreme, great.
Etymology
From Middle English nacioun, nacion, from Old French nacion, from Latin nātiōnem, accusative of nātiō (“nation”). Displaced Old English þēod.
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