nationhood

Variant of nation

nation definition

na·tion (nā′s̸hən)

noun

  1. a stable, historically developed community of people with a territory, economic life, distinctive culture, and language in common
  2. the people of a territory united under a single government; country
    1. a people or tribe; specif., a group of North American Indians, sometimes one belonging to a confederation
    2. ☆ the territory of a particular Indian people or peoples

Etymology: ME nacion < OFr < L natio < natus, born: see nature

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nation Idioms

the nations

  1. Bible the non-Jewish nations; Gentiles
  2. Old Poet. all the peoples of the earth

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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