Definition of 'nation'

Noun

1. a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land"
      Synonyms: state country land commonwealth res publica body politic
2. the people who live in a nation or country; "a statement that sums up the nation's mood"; "the news was announced to the nation"; "the whole country worshipped him"
      Synonyms: land country
3. a federation of tribes (especially native American tribes); "the Shawnee nation"
4. United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911)
      Synonyms: Carry Nation Carry Amelia Moore Nation

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