nation
noun
[ ˈneɪʃ(ə)n ]
• a large body of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular country or territory.
• "the world's leading industrialized nations"
Similar:
country,
state,
land,
sovereign state,
nation state,
kingdom,
empire,
republic,
confederation,
federation,
commonwealth,
power,
superpower,
polity,
domain,
fatherland,
motherland,
people,
race,
civilization,
tribe,
society,
community,
population,
body politic,
populace,
public,
realm,
res publica,
Origin:
Middle English: via Old French from Latin natio(n- ), from nat- ‘born’, from the verb nasci .
one nation
• a nation not divided by social inequality.
• "one-nation Tories"
