Definition of NATION. Meaning of NATION. Synonyms of NATION

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Definition of NATION

Nation
Nation Na"tion, n. [F. nation, L. natio nation, race, orig., a being born, fr. natus, p. p. of nasci, to be born, for gnatus, gnasci, from the same root as E. kin. [root]44. See Kin kindred, and cf. Cognate, Natal, Native.] 1. (Ethnol.) A part, or division, of the people of the earth, distinguished from the rest by common descent, language, or institutions; a race; a stock. All nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues. --Rev. vii. 9. 2. The body of inhabitants of a country, united under an independent government of their own. A nation is the unity of a people. --Coleridge. Praise the power that hath made and preserved us a nation. --F. S. Key. 3. Family; lineage. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 4. (a) One of the divisions of university students in a classification according to nativity, formerly common in Europe. (b) (Scotch Universities) One of the four divisions (named from the parts of Scotland) in which students were classified according to their nativity. 5. A great number; a great deal; -- by way of emphasis; as, a nation of herbs. --Sterne. Five nations. See under Five. Law of nations. See International law, under International, and Law. Syn: people; race. See People.

Meaning of NATION from wikipedia

- A nation is a type of social organization where a collective identity, a national identity, has emerged from a combination of shared features across a...
- The Nation is a progressive American monthly magazine that covers political and cultural news, opinion, and analysis. It was founded on July 6, 1865, as...
- The Commonwealth of Nations, often simply referred to as the Commonwealth, is an international ****ociation of 56 member states, the vast majority of which...
- The Nation of Islam (NOI) is a religious organization founded in the United States by Wallace Fard Muhammad in 1930. A centralized and hierarchical organization...
- The United Nations (UN) is a diplomatic and political international organization with the intended purpose of maintaining international peace and security...
- A nation-state is a political unit where the state, a centralized political organization ruling over a po****tion within a territory, and the nation, a...
- up Nation, nation, or nâtion in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A nation is a unified social community. Nation or Nations may also refer to: Nation Peak...
- The Navajo Nation (Navajo: Naabeehó Bináhásdzo), also known as Navajoland, is an Indian reservation of Navajo people in the United States. It occupies...
- The UEFA Nations League is an international football competition pla**** by the senior men's national teams of the member ****ociations of UEFA, the sport's...
- (/ˈɪrəkwɔɪ, -kwɑː/ IRR-ə-kwoy, -⁠kwah), also known as the Five Nations, and later as the Six Nations from 1722 onwards; alternatively referred to by the endonym...