Nation - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈneɪʃn|  American pronunciation of the word nation
Brit.  |ˈneɪʃ(ə)n|  British pronunciation of the word nation

noun

- a politically organized body of people under a single government (syn: commonwealth, country, land, state)
African nations
students who had come to the nation's capitol
- the people who live in a nation or country (syn: country, land)
a statement that sums up the nation's mood
the news was announced to the nation
- United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911)
- a federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes)
the Shawnee nation

Extra examples

It's one of the richest nations in the world.

The President will speak to the nation tonight.

The entire nation is celebrating the victory.

There were strikes across the nation.

It was a story that touched the nation's heart.

African nations

She won the election, becoming the first woman to be President of the nation.

The greatest fighting force that any nation has ever fielded

...a system of railways that crisscrosses the whole nation...

A group of senators are calling for reform of the nation's health-care system.

The nation's parks are a popular destination for tourists.

...this elect body of students represents the best that the nation's high schools have to offer...

The nation has chosen democracy over monarchy.

...Benjamin Franklin was a major actor in many of the events leading up to the founding of our nation....

...a true democrat, he has always abhorred that nation's class system...

Word forms

noun
singular: nation
plural: nations
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