nation.
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.
Meaning & usage
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.
The Roma are a nation without a country.
pre-Columbian nations
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.
the Dallas Cowboys nation
the hip-hop nation
A sovereign state; (loosely, metonymic, proscribed) a country.
Though legally single nations, many states comprise several distinct cultural or ethnic groups.
An association of students based on the birthplace or ethnicity of its members.
Once widespread across Europe in medieval times, nations are now largely restricted to the ancient universities of Sweden and Finland.
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.
The Choctaw Nation is the third-largest federally recognized tribe in the United States and the second-largest Indian reservation in area.
The term Navajo Nation refers both to the people and to their territory.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tisder. Proto-Italic *gnātiō Latin nātiōbor. Old French nacionbor. Middle English nacioun English nation From Middle English nacioun, nacion, from Old French nacion, from Latin nātiōnem, accusative of nātiō (“nation”). Displaced Old English þēod.
Damnation.
Where this word comes from
Short for damnation or tarnation.
Extremely, very.
Where this word comes from
Short for damnation or tarnation.
An intensifier; extreme, great.
Where this word comes from
Short for damnation or tarnation.
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