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      nation
      noun
      (collective) 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.
      (international law, metonymic) A sovereign state; (loosely, metonymic, proscribed) a country.
      (by extension, informal, often humorous) A community united by some trait (especially an interest) but not historically constituted.
      In North America, an Indigenous people and their federally recognized territory.
      A surname.
      (chiefly historical) An association of students based on the birthplace or ethnicity of its members.
      (obsolete) A great number; a great deal.
      (rare) Damnation.
      adjective
      (rare, dialectal) An intensifier; extreme, great.
      adverb
      (rare, dialectal) Extremely, very.
      Roots
      nascornat- · Latin · be born
      Synonyms for nation
      countrynstatencommonwealthncitizenrynworldnlandnpopulacenpolityncommonwealnrepublicn
      Words related to nation
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