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–noun

1.	a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own: The president spoke to the nation about the new tax.

2.	the territory or country itself: the nations of Central America.

3.	a member tribe of an American Indian confederation.

4.	an aggregation of persons of the same ethnic family, often speaking the same language or cognate languages.

[Origin: 1250–1300; ME < L nātiōn- (s. of nātiō) birth, tribe, equiv. to nāt(us) (ptp. of nāscī to be born) + -iōn- -ion

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—Related forms

na·tion·hood, noun

na·tion·less, adjective

—Synonyms 1. See race². 2. state, commonwealth, kingdom, realm.

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Carry or Carrie (Amelia Moore), 1846–1911, U.S. temperance leader.

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n.

1. A relatively large group of people organized under a single, usually independent government; a country.
2. The territory occupied by such a group of people: All across the nation, people are voting their representatives out.
3. A federation or tribe, especially one composed of Native Americans.
4. The territory occupied by such a federation or tribe.
The government of a sovereign state.
A people who share common customs, origins, history, and frequently language; a nationality: "Historically the Ukrainians are an ancient nation which has persisted and survived through terrible calamity" (Robert Conquest).
1. A federation or tribe, especially one composed of Native Americans.
2. The territory occupied by such a federation or tribe.

[Middle English nacioun, from Old French nation, from Latin nātiō, nātiōn-, from nātus, past participle of nāscī, to be born; see genə- in Indo-European roots.]

na'tion·hood' n., na'tion·less adj.

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American temperance crusader who conducted a series of raids on saloons, in which she used a hatchet to break liquor bottles and destroy furniture.

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nation

c.1300, from O.Fr. nacion, from L. nationem (nom. natio) "nation, stock, race," lit. "that which has been born," from natus, pp. of nasci "be born" (see native). Political sense has gradually taken over from racial meaning "large group of people with common ancestry." Older sense preserved in application to N.Amer. Indian peoples (1650). Nationality "the fact of belonging to a particular nation" is from 1828. Nation-building first attested 1907 (implied in nation-builder). National is from 1597; national anthem first recorded 1819, in Shelley. Nationalize "bring under state control" is from 1869.

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nation
noun
1.	a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land" [syn: state]
2.	the people who live in a nation or country; "a statement that sums up the nation's mood"; "the news was announced to the nation"; "the whole country worshipped him"
3.	United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911)
4.	a federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes); "the Shawnee nation"

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nation1 [ˈneiʃən] noun

a group of people living in a particular country, forming a single political and economic unit

Arabic:	شَعْب، دَوْلَه
Chinese (Simplified):	国家
Chinese (Traditional):	國家
Czech:	národ
Danish:	nation; befolkning
Dutch:	natie
Estonian:	rahvus
Finnish:	kansakunta
French:	nation
German:	die Nation
Greek:	έθνος
Hungarian:	nemzet
Icelandic:	þjóð
Indonesian:	bangsa
Italian:	nazione

Japanese:	国民
Korean:	국가
Latvian:	valsts; pavalstnieki
Lithuanian:	šalis, valstybė, šalies gyventojai
Norwegian:	nasjon, folk(eslag)
Polish:	naród
Portuguese (Brazil):	nação
Portuguese (Portugal):	nação
Romanian:	naţiune
Russian:	страна; государство, нация
Slovak:	národ
Slovenian:	narod
Spanish:	nación
Swedish:	nation
Turkish:	ulus, millet, halk

nation2 [ˈneiʃən] noun

a large number of people who share the same history, ancestors, culture etc (whether or not they all live in the same country)
Example: the Jewish nation

Arabic:	أمَّه
Chinese (Simplified):	民族
Chinese (Traditional):	民族
Czech:	národnost
Danish:	folk
Dutch:	volk
Estonian:	rahvas
Finnish:	kansa
French:	peuple
German:	das Volk
Greek:	έθνος
Hungarian:	nemzet(iség)
Icelandic:	þjóð (fólk af sama uppruna)
Indonesian:	bangsa
Italian:	popolo

Japanese:	国家
Korean:	민족
Latvian:	nācija; tauta
Lithuanian:	tauta, nacija
Norwegian:	folk, nasjon
Polish:	naród
Portuguese (Brazil):	povo
Portuguese (Portugal):	nação
Romanian:	popor
Russian:	народ, нация
Slovak:	národnosť
Slovenian:	ljudstvo
Spanish:	pueblo
Swedish:	folk, folkslag
Turkish:	halk, etnik grup

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Lost Nation, IA (city, FIPS 46605) Location: 41.96606 N, 90.81747 W
Population (1990): 467 (223 housing units)
Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 52254

U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Nation

Cog"nate\, a. [L. cognatus; co- + gnatus, natus, p. p. of nasci, anciently gnasci, to be born. See Nation, and cf. Connate.]

1. Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (Law), related on the mother's side.

2. Of the same or a similar nature; of the same family; proceeding from the same stock or root; allied; kindred; as, a cognate language.

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