Nation Definition

nāshən
nations
noun
nations
The people of a territory united under a single government; country.
Webster's New World
A stable, historically developed community of people with a territory, economic life, distinctive culture, and language in common.
Webster's New World
The territory of a particular Indian people or peoples.
Webster's New World
The government of a sovereign state.
American Heritage
A people or tribe, specif., a group of North American Indians, sometimes one belonging to a confederation.
Webster's New World
adverb

(rare, dialectal) Extremely; very.

Wiktionary
idiom
the nations
  • the non-Jewish nations; Gentiles
  • all the peoples of the earth
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Nation

Noun

Singular:
nation
Plural:
nations

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Nation

  • the nations

Origin of Nation

  • Middle English nation, nacioun from Old French nation, nacion, from Latin nationem, accusative of natio, (g)natio (“nation, race, birth") from (g)natus, past participle stem of (g)nasci “to be born". Displaced native Middle English theode, thede (“nation") (from Old English þēod), Middle English burthe (“birth, nation, race, nature"), Middle English leod, leode, lede (“people, race") (from Old English lÄ“od).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English nacioun from Old French nation from Latin nātiō nātiōn- from nātus past participle of nāscī to be born genə- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Probably short for damnation.

    From Wiktionary

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