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- Dictionarynation/ˈneɪʃn/
noun
- 1. 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"
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a country, especially when thought of as a large group of people living in one area with their own government, language, traditions, etc.: All the nations of the world will be represented at the conference. The Germans, as a nation, are often thought to be well organized. Practically the whole nation watched the ceremony on television. [ S ]
: a territorial division containing a body of people of one or more nationalities and usually characterized by relatively large size and independent status. a nation of vast size with a small population Mary K. Hammond. 2. archaic : group, aggregation. 3. : a tribe or federation of tribes (as of American Indians) the Seminole Nation in Oklahoma.
nation, n. (14c) 1. A large group of people having a common origin, language, tradition, and usage constitutes a political entity. • When a nation is coincident with a state, the term nation-state is often used.... ... 2. A community of people inhabiting a defined territory and organized under an independent government; a sovereign ...
Nation definition: a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own. See examples of NATION used in a sentence.
/ˈneɪʃn/ [countable] a country considered as a group of people with the same language, culture and history, who live in a particular area under one government. European/Arab/Asian nations. The West African nation of Togo has presidential elections this week. Developing nations need affordable access to drugs and medication.
A nation is an individual country considered together with its social and political structures.
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) an aggregation of people or peoples of one or more cultures, races, etc, organized into a single state: the Australian nation. 2. (Sociology) a community of persons not constituting a state but bound by common descent, language, history, etc: the French-Canadian nation. 3.
