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nation Definition:
- A nation is a large group or collective of people with common characteristics attributed to them - including language, traditions, mores , habitus , and ethnicity. A nation, by comparison, is more impersonal, abstract, and overtly political than an ethnic group. It is a cultural-political community that has become conscious of its autonomy, unity, and particular interests.
| Nation (n.) A part, or division, of the people of the earth, distinguished from the rest by common descent, language, or institutions |
| Nation (n.) The body of inhabitants of a country, united under an independent government of their own. |
| Nation (n.) Family |
| Nation (n.) One of the divisions of university students in a classification according to nativity, formerly common in Europe. |
| Nation (n.) One of the four divisions (named from the parts of Scotland) in which students were classified according to their nativity. |
| Nation (n.) A great number |
| nation land country the people who live in a nation or country, "a statement that sums up the nation's mood", "the news was announced to the nation", "the whole country worshipped him" |
| state / nation / country / land / commonwealth / res publica / body politic a politically organized body of people under a single government, "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" |
| rogue state / renegade state / rogue nation a state that does not respect other states in its international actions |
| Ummah / Umma / Muslim Ummah / Islamic Ummah / Islam Nation the Muslim community or people, considered to extend from Mauritania to Pakistan, "moderate Muslims urge the Ummah to reject the terrorism of radical Muslims" |
| nation a federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes), "the Shawnee nation" |
| Nation of Islam a group of militant Black Americans who profess Islamic religious beliefs and advocate independence for Black Americans |
| European country / European nation any one of the countries occupying the European continent |
| Scandinavian country / Scandinavian nation any one of the countries occupying Scandinavia |
| Balkan country / Balkan nation / Balkan state any one of the countries on the Balkan Peninsula |
| African country / African nation any one of the countries occupying the African continent |
nation Synonyme:
| nation Everyman John Doe Public ally animal kingdom archduchy archdukedom blood body politic breed brood buffer state captive nation chieftaincy chieftainry citizenry city-state clan class colony common man commonweal commonwealth community community at large constituency country county cultural community culture deme domain dominion duchy dukedom dwellers earldom empery empire estate ethnic group everybody everyman everyone everywoman family folk folks free city general public gens gentry grand duchy habitancy house inhabitants kind kingdom land line lineage linguistic community mandant mandate mandated territory mandatee mandatory matriclan men nationality order patriclan people people at large people in general persons phratry phyle plant kingdom polis polity populace population possession power principality principate protectorate province public puppet government puppet regime race realm republic satellite seneschalty sept settlement society sovereign nation species speech community state stem stirps stock strain sultanate superpower territory toparchia toparchy totem tribe whole people world you and me |
| national all-comprehending all-comprehensive all-covering all-embracing all-encompassing all-filling all-including all-inclusive all-pervading allover catholic chauvinistic citizen citizen by adoption civic civil clannish common communal cosmopolitan cosmopolite country-wide ecumenic ethnic family federal galactic general genetic gentile gentilic global governmental heaven-wide home hyphenate hyphenated American immigrant inhabitant inland internal international intestine jingoistic lineal metic municipal nationalist nationalistic native naturalized citizen nondenominational nonnative citizen nonsectarian patriotic phyletic phylogenetic planetary popular public racial resident social societal state subject supranational total totemic tribal universal world-wide |
| national anthem Brautlied Christmas carol Communist threat Kunstlied Liebeslied Volkslied Western imperialism alba anthem art song atrocity story aubade ballad ballade ballata banner barcarole battle hymn bloody shirt blues blues song boat song bridal hymn brindisi calypso canso canticle canzone canzonet canzonetta carol cavatina chanson chant chantey colors croon croon song crostarie dirge ditty drinking song epithalamium expansionism face fiery cross folk song gonfalon hymeneal imperialist threat independence lay lied lilt love song love-lilt manifest destiny martial music matin minstrel song minstrelsy prothalamium self-determination serena serenade serenata song theme song torch song war song wedding song yellow peril |