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| 1. | [ noun ] (politics,geography) a politically organized body of people under a single government | |
| Synonyms: | state country commonwealth land body_politic res_publica | |
| Examples: | "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" |
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| Related terms: | political_unit world_power ally Reich dominion renegade_state sea_power city_state suzerain estate | |
| 2. | [ noun ] the people who live in a nation or country | |
| Synonyms: | country land a_people nationality | |
| Examples: | "a statement that sums up the nation's mood" "the news was announced to the nation" "the whole country worshipped him" |
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| Related terms: | people Swiss French English British Irish Spanish dutch national | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (government,geography) the territory occupied by a nation | |
| Synonyms: | country state land | |
| Examples: | "he returned to the land of his birth" "he visited several European countries" |
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| Related terms: | administrative_district Cuba Soviet_Union Australia fatherland Iceland European_country Philippines Dominican_Republic Turkey Indonesia kingdom Nauru Comoros Sri_Lanka Burkina_Faso Grenada Haiti east_timor Maldives Jamaica African_country Barbados Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines Trinidad_and_Tobago Asian_country buffer_state Samoa Dominica Cyprus democratic_republic_of_sao_tome_and_principe Papua_New_Guinea Bahamas sultanate Fiji Israel North_American_country South_American_country Tonga Malta Mauritius New_Zealand Vanuatu Saint_Christopher-Nevis Saint_Lucia Marshall_Islands Tuvalu Sao_Tome_e_Principe Seychelles Solomon_Islands Kiribati Russia Ukraine Turkmenistan Cape_Verde Antigua_and_Barbuda rus banana_republic etruria federated_states_of_micronesia tax_haven palau state department domain midland | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (politics) United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911) | |
| Synonyms: | carry_nation carry_amelia_moore_nation | |
| Related terms: | dry | |
| 5. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 4222 | |
| 6. | [ noun ] (politics,geography) a federation of tribes (especially native American tribes) | |
| Examples: | "the Shawnee nation" |
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| Related terms: | confederation tribe US | |
| Similar spelling: |
Nadine naut_mi notion |
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