nation

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nation Definition

• (n) 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"
• (n) 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"
• (n) a federation of tribes (especially native American tribes); "the Shawnee nation"
• (n) United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911)

nation Synonyms

• a people
• body politic
• Carry Amelia Moore Nation
• Carry Nation
• commonwealth
• country
• land
• nation
• res publica
• state