NATION

Nation

Nation may refer to a large group of people who share a common language, culture, ethnicity, descent, or history. It also says nation can refer to “a people, race, or tribe; those having the same descent, language, and history.” Webster’s New Encyclopedic Dictionary defines nation as “a community of people composed of one or more nationalities with its own territory and government” and also as “a tribe or federation of tribes ”.</ref> Nation carries varying meanings, and the connotation of the term has changed over time.

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nation

Noun

  1. An historically constituted, stable community of people, formed on the basis of a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture
  2. A sovereign state.
  3. An association of students based on their birthplace or ethnicity.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. Damnation.

Adverb

  1. Extremely; very


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