nation
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.
Noun 3 meanings
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.
“The Roma are a nation without a country.”
A sovereign state; (loosely, metonymic, proscribed) a country.
“Though legally single nations, many states comprise several distinct cultural or ethnic groups.”
In North America, an Indigenous people with federal and/or state recognition as such and (often also) their federally recognized territory.
“The Choctaw Nation is the third-largest federally recognized tribe in the United States and the second-largest Indian reservation in area.”
Etymology
From Middle English nacioun, nacion, from Old French nacion, from Latin nātiōnem, accusative of nātiō (“nation”). Displaced Old English þēod.
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NATION at a glance
NATION has 6 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (N 1 + A 1 + T 1 + I 1 + O 1 + N 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,358 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with nation
All rhymesOne letter away
- NOTION6
- RATION6
- CATION8
- NATRON6
- NASION6
- KATION10
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