Nation Definition
- body politic
- res-publica
- commonwealth
- land
- country
- state
- Carry Nation
- carry amelia moore nation
- tribe
- republic
- territory
- union
- race
- people
- community
- the non-Jewish nations; Gentiles
- all the peoples of the earth
Other Word Forms of Nation
Noun
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Nation
- the nations
Origin of Nation
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Middle English nation, nacioun from Old French nation, nacion, from Latin nationem, accusative of natio, (g)natio (“nation, race, birth") from (g)natus, past participle stem of (g)nasci “to be born". Displaced native Middle English theode, thede (“nation") (from Old English þēod), Middle English burthe (“birth, nation, race, nature"), Middle English leod, leode, lede (“people, race") (from Old English lÄ“od).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English nacioun from Old French nation from Latin nātiō nātiōn- from nātus past participle of nāscī to be born genə- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Probably short for damnation.
From Wiktionary
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