Definition of nations. Meaning of nations. Synonyms of nations

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Definition of nations

Nation
Nation Na"tion, n. [F. nation, L. natio nation, race, orig., a being born, fr. natus, p. p. of nasci, to be born, for gnatus, gnasci, from the same root as E. kin. [root]44. See Kin kindred, and cf. Cognate, Natal, Native.] 1. (Ethnol.) A part, or division, of the people of the earth, distinguished from the rest by common descent, language, or institutions; a race; a stock. All nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues. --Rev. vii. 9. 2. The body of inhabitants of a country, united under an independent government of their own. A nation is the unity of a people. --Coleridge. Praise the power that hath made and preserved us a nation. --F. S. Key. 3. Family; lineage. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 4. (a) One of the divisions of university students in a classification according to nativity, formerly common in Europe. (b) (Scotch Universities) One of the four divisions (named from the parts of Scotland) in which students were classified according to their nativity. 5. A great number; a great deal; -- by way of emphasis; as, a nation of herbs. --Sterne. Five nations. See under Five. Law of nations. See International law, under International, and Law. Syn: people; race. See People.

Meaning of nation from wikipedia

- nation may refer to a community of people who share a common language, culture , ethnicity , descent, or history. a nation state the
- nation's giant hamburgers, or simply nation's, is a privately held el cerrito , california -based fast food diner chain . the chain,
- and absolute poverty by considerably less than the mean for rich nations though combined private and public social expenditures per capita
- the first nations are the various aboriginal peoples in canada who are neither inuit nor métis there are currently over 630 recognized
- controversial process, as there is no definition that is binding on all the members of the community of nations concerning the criteria for statehood.
- the nation is the oldest continuously published weekly magazine in the united states. it is published by the nation company, l.p., at 33
- the plateau contains the nation's oldest rock formations, some of them over one billion years old. constituted in such fashion, india lies
- the nation state is a state that self-identifies as deriving its political legitimacy from serving as a sovereign entity for a nation
- today, milan and turin are the nation's leaders in architectural design and industrial design . the city of milan hosts the fieramilano
- is a socially constructed belief, creed or political ideology that involves a strong identification of a group of individuals with a nation .