nation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tisder.
Proto-Italic *gnātiō
Latin nātiōbor.
Old French nacionbor.
Middle English nacioun
English nation
From Middle English nacioun, nacion, from Old French nacion, from Latin nātiōnem, accusative of nātiō (“nation”). Displaced Old English þēod.
Inflected forms:
form: nations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed based on a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture.
pos: noun
tags: collective
examples: The Roma are a nation without a country.
pre-Columbian nations
All the ends of the woꝛld ſhall remember, and turne vnto the Lord: and all the kinreds of the nations ſhall woꝛſhip befoꝛe thee.
gloss: A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed based on a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
collective
humorous
informal
often
examples: Near-synonym: tribe
the Dallas Cowboys nation
Did Pinterest create a culture of do-it-yourselfers, or did the DIY nation create Pinterest? The answer may not be certain, but we do know that a lot of customers love to do things on their own.
gloss: A sovereign state; (loosely, metonymic, proscribed) a country.
pos: noun
tags: metonymically
examples: Though legally single nations, many states comprise several distinct cultural or ethnic groups.
It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: […] perhaps to muse on the irrelevance of the borders that separate nation states and keep people from understanding their shared environment.
By the start of the 19th century, Europe was neckdeep in the Napoleonic Wars, which, at various times, amounted to the British Empire against Europe, and, at others, involved Britain subsidising various nations, such as Austria and Prussia, against Napoleon.
gloss: An association of students based on the birthplace or ethnicity of its members.
pos: noun
tags: historical
examples: Once widespread across Europe in medieval times, nations are now largely restricted to the ancient universities of Sweden and Finland.
gloss: A great number; a great deal.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: […]and what a nation of herbs he had procured to mollify her humours, &c. &c.[…]
gloss: In North America, an Indigenous people with federal and/or state recognition as such and (often also) their federally recognized territory.
pos: noun
examples: The Choctaw Nation is the third-largest federally recognized tribe in the United States and the second-largest Indian reservation in area.
The term Navajo Nation refers both to the people and to their territory.
Related words: antenatal
innate
nascent
natal
native
nativism
nativity
nativization
natural
naturalism
nature
naturism
prenatal
country
culture
ethnicity
homeland
people
race
society
state
Derived words: aspirant nation
bedroom nation
bug nation
captive nation
cybernation
Delaware Nation
domestic dependent nation
egonation
father of the nation
First Nation
First Nations
Ford Nation
Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation
home nation
independent mini-nation
indispensable nation
internation
macronation
micronation
mini-nation
model nation
most favored nation
most favoured nation
mother of the nation
multination
Munsee-Delaware Nation
nanonation
natiolect
national
nation-builder
nation-building
nationful
nationhood
nationism
nationist
nationless
nationlike
Nation of Islam
nation of laws
nationship
nation-state
nation state
nationwide
nation wrecker
Navajo Nation
Neutral Nation
new nation project
one nation
one-nation conservatism
one-nation conservative
plurination
project nation
proposition nation
pseudonation
pseudo-nation
ronation
Six Nations of the Grand River
space nation
State of the Nation
student nation
subnation
supernation
Test nation
the race that stops a nation
United Nations
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: nasie
lang: Afrikaans
word: volk
lang: Albanian
word: komb
lang: Southern Altai
word: эл
roman: el
lang: Southern Altai
word: калык
roman: kalïk
lang: Southern Altai
word: улус
roman: ulus
lang: Southern Altai
word: јурт
roman: ǰurt
lang: Southern Altai
word: аймак
roman: aymak
lang: Amharic
word: ብሔር
roman: bəḥer
lang: Arabic
word: أُمَّة
roman: ʔumma
lang: Arabic
word: قَوْم
roman: qawm
lang: Aramaic
word: ܐܘܡܬܐ
roman: ʾumməṯā
lang: Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
word: אוּמְּתָא
roman: ʾumməṯā
lang: Armenian
word: ազգ
roman: azg
lang: Armenian
word: ժողովուրդ
roman: žoġovurd
lang: Azerbaijani
word: millət
lang: Bashkir
word: милләт
roman: millət
lang: Belarusian
word: на́цыя
roman: nácyja
lang: Belarusian
word: наро́д
roman: naród
lang: Bengali
word: কওম
roman: koōm
lang: Bengali
word: মিল্লত
roman: millot
lang: Bengali
word: উম্মত
roman: ummot
lang: Breton
word: broad
lang: Bulgarian
word: на́ция
roman: nácija
lang: Bulgarian
word: наро́д
roman: naród
lang: Burmese
word: လူမျိုးသည်
roman: lu-myui:sany
lang: Burmese
word: လူမျိုး
roman: lu-myui:
lang: Burmese
word: ပြည်သူပြည်သား
roman: pranysu-pranysa:
lang: Catalan
word: nació
lang: Cebuano
word: nasod
lang: Chavacano
word: nacion
lang: Cherokee
word: ᎠᏰᎵᎯ
roman: ayelihi
lang: Cherokee
word: ᎠᏰᎵᎤᏙᏢᏒ
roman: ayeliudotlvsv
lang: Chichewa
word: fuko
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 人民
roman: jan⁴ man⁴
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 國民 /国民
roman: gwok³ man⁴
lang: Chinese
word: жынмин
roman: řɨnmin
lang: Eastern Min Chinese
word: 人民
roman: ìng-mìng
lang: Eastern Min Chinese
word: 國民 /国民
roman: guók-mìng
lang: Gan Chinese
word: 人民
roman: liin⁴ min⁴
lang: Hakka Chinese
word: 人民
roman: ngìn-mìn
lang: Hakka Chinese
word: 國民 /国民
roman: koet-mìn
lang: Chinese
word: 人民
roman: zh-min-nan
lang: Chinese
word: 國民 /国民
roman: zh-min-nan
lang: Jin Chinese
word: 人民
roman: zeng¹ ming¹
lang: Jin Chinese
word: 國民 /国民
roman: gueh⁶ ming¹
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 人民
roman: rénmín
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 國民 /国民
roman: guómín
lang: Northern Min Chinese
word: 人民
roman: nêng-měng
lang: Wu Chinese
word: 人民
roman: ⁶zen-min₆
lang: Wu Chinese
word: 國民 /国民
roman: ⁷koq-min
lang: Xiang Chinese
word: 人民
roman: ren² min²
lang: Xiang Chinese
word: 國民 /国民
roman: gue⁶ min²
lang: Chukchi
word: варат
roman: varat
lang: West Circassian
word: цӏыфы лъэпкъ
roman: cʼəfə lˢɛpq
lang: Ngazidja Comorian
word: twaifa
lang: Czech
word: národ
lang: Danish
word: nation
lang: Dutch
word: natie
lang: Dutch
word: volk
lang: Esperanto
word: nacio
lang: Estonian
word: natsioon
lang: Estonian
word: rahvus
lang: Faroese
word: tjóð
lang: Finnish
word: kansa
lang: French
word: nation
lang: Galician
word: nación
lang: Georgian
word: ერი
roman: eri
lang: Georgian
word: ნაცია
roman: nacia
lang: Georgian
word: ხალხი
roman: xalxi
lang: German
word: Volk
lang: German
word: Nation
lang: Gothic
word: 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌹
roman: reiki
lang: Greek
word: έθνος
roman: éthnos
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἔθνος
roman: éthnos
lang: Haitian Creole
word: nasyon
lang: Hawaiian
word: lāhui
lang: Hebrew
word: אומה \ אֻמָּה
roman: umá
lang: Hebrew
word: לְאוֹם
roman: l'om
lang: Hiligaynon
word: pungsud
lang: Hiligaynon
word: nasyon
lang: Hindi
word: समाज
roman: samāj
lang: Hindi
word: क़ौम
roman: qaum
lang: Hindi
word: मिल्लत
roman: millat
lang: Hungarian
word: nemzet
lang: Icelandic
word: þjóð
lang: Ido
word: naciono
lang: Ilocano
word: nasion
lang: Ilocano
word: pagilian
lang: Indonesian
word: bangsa
lang: Ingrian
word: rahvas
lang: Ingrian
word: kansa
lang: Ingush
word: халкъ
roman: xalqʼ
lang: Interlingua
word: nation
lang: Irish
word: náisiún
lang: Italian
word: nazione
lang: Japanese
word: 国民
roman: kokumin
lang: Javanese
word: bangsa
lang: Pa'o Karen
word: လိုꩻခွိုꩻ
lang: Pa'o Karen
word: ခမ်းသားထီသား
lang: Kazakh
word: ұлт
roman: ūlt
lang: Kazakh
word: ұлыс
roman: ūlys
lang: Khmer
word: រាស្ត្រ
roman: riəh
lang: Khmer
word: ប្រជាជន
roman: prɑɑciəcŭən
lang: Khmer
word: ពលរដ្ឋ
roman: pŭəllĕəʼrŏət
lang: Khmer
word: ប្រជាជាតិ
roman: prɑɑciə ciət
lang: Khmer
word: រដ្ឋ
roman: rŏət
lang: Khmer
word: ជាតិ
roman: ciət
lang: Khmer
word: ប្រជា
roman: prɑɑciə
lang: Korean
word: 국민
roman: gungmin
lang: Central Kurdish
word: نەتەوە
roman: netewe
lang: Kyrgyz
word: улут
roman: ulut
lang: Kyrgyz
word: журт
roman: jurt
lang: Lao
word: ປະຊາຊົນ
roman: pa sā son
lang: Lao
word: ປະຊາຊາດ
roman: pa sā sāt
lang: Latgalian
word: tauta
lang: Latin
word: gēns
lang: Latvian
word: nācija
lang: Latvian
word: tauta
lang: Ligurian
word: naçión
lang: Lithuanian
word: nacija
lang: Lithuanian
word: tauta
lang: Lithuanian
word: tautybė
lang: Livvi
word: kanzu
lang: Low German
word: Volk
lang: Low German
word: Natschoon
lang: Lushootseed
word: swatixʷtəd
lang: Macedonian
word: нација
roman: nacija
lang: Macedonian
word: народ
roman: narod
lang: Malay
word: bangsa
lang: Malayalam
word: രാജ്യം
roman: rājyaṁ
lang: Manchu
word: ᡠᡵᠰᡝ
roman: urse
lang: Manx
word: ashoon
lang: Māori
word: iwi
lang: Middle English
word: nacioun
lang: Mongolian
word: үндэстэн
roman: ündesten
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠦᠨᠳᠦᠰᠦᠲᠡᠨ
roman: ündüsüten
lang: Norman
word: nâtion
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: nasjon
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: nasjon
lang: Occitan
word: nacion
lang: Church Slavic
word: народъ
roman: narodŭ
lang: Old East Slavic
word: народъ
roman: narodŭ
lang: Old English
word: þēod
lang: Pali
word: raṭṭha
lang: Pashto
word: ملت
roman: millat
lang: Pashto
word: ولس
roman: wolᶕs
lang: Persian
word: مِلَّت
roman: mellat
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Volkj (nds)
lang: Polish
word: naród
lang: Polish
word: nacja
lang: Portuguese
word: nação
lang: Romanian
word: națiune
lang: Romansh
word: naziun
lang: Russian
word: на́ция
roman: nácija
lang: Russian
word: наро́д
roman: naród
lang: Sanskrit
word: राष्ट्र
roman: rāṣṭra
lang: Scots
word: thede
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: nàisean
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: на́род
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: на̑ција
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: národ
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: nȃcija
lang: Slovak
word: národ
lang: Slovene
word: narod
lang: Somali
word: qaran
lang: Somali
word: ummad
lang: Sotho
word: setjhaba
lang: Sotho
word: sechaba
lang: Spanish
word: nación
lang: Swahili
word: taifa
lang: Swedish
word: nation
lang: Tagalog
word: bansa
lang: Tagalog
word: lipunan
lang: Tajik
word: миллат
roman: millat
lang: Tamil
word: நாடு
roman: nāṭu
lang: Tatar
word: милләт
roman: millät
lang: Telugu
word: జాతి
roman: jāti
lang: Thai
word: ประชาชน
roman: bprà-chaa-chon
lang: Thai
word: ประชาชาติ
roman: bprà-chaa-châat
lang: Tumbuka
word: fuko
lang: Turkish
word: millet
lang: Turkish
word: ulus
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: ایل
roman: il
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: ملت
roman: millet
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: قوم
roman: kavm, kavim
lang: Turkmen
word: millet
lang: Turkmen
word: ýurt
lang: Ukrainian
word: на́ція
roman: nácija
lang: Ukrainian
word: наро́д
roman: naród
lang: Urdu
word: قَوم
roman: qaum
lang: Uyghur
word: مىللەت
roman: millet
lang: Uzbek
word: millat
lang: Uzbek
word: ulus
lang: Vietnamese
word: dân tộc
lang: Vietnamese
word: quốc dân
lang: Welsh
word: cenedl
lang: Yiddish
word: פֿאָלק
roman: folk