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English
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Pronunciation
n�'sh�n, /�neɪ��n/, /<tt>"neIS@n</tt>/
audio|en-us-nation.ogg|Audio (US)
Etymology 1
From Old & modern French nation, from Latin natio, from nat-, past participle stem of nasci �to be born�
Noun
en-noun
- A group of people sharing aspects of language, culture and/or ethnicity.
#: The Roma are a nation without a country.
- A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed on the basis of a common language, territory, economic life, and psychological make-up manifested in a common culture
#: The Kurdish people constitute a nation in the Middle East
- law (international law) A sovereign state.
#: Though legally single nations, many states comprise several distinct cultural or ethnic groups.
Usage notes
UK Following the establishment of the Scottish and Welsh parliament|parliaments, England, Scotland and Wales are normally considered distinct nations. Application of the term nation to the United Kingdom as a whole is deprecated in most style guides, including the BBC, most newspapers and in UK Government publications. Northern Ireland, being of less clear legal status, generally remains a province.
Derived terms
nation building
nation-state
national
United Nations
First Nations
Related terms
country
culture
homeland
ethnicity
people
race
society
state
Translations
trans-top|group of people sharing aspects of language, culture and/or ethnicity
Arabic: ARchar|�ط� IPAchar|(wá�an) m, Arab|أ�ة IPAchar|(�úmma) f
Aramaic:
Bosnian: nacija#Bosnian|nacija f
Chinese: �家 (guóji�)
Croatian: nacija#Croatian|nacija f
Czech: národ m
Danish: t-|da|nation
Dutch: natie f, staat m
Esperanto: nacio
Finnish: kansa
French: nation f
German: Nation f
Hebrew: ���� f
Hungarian: nemzet
Icelandic: þjóð f
Interlingua: nation
Italian: nazione f
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Japanese: �家 (���, kokka)
Korean: êµë¯¼ (gukmin)
Kurdish:
:Sorani: t|ku|��شت��ا�|tr|scKUchar, t|ku|���ت����|tr|scKUchar
Malayalam: രാ��യ� (raajyam) (3)
Norwegian: t-|no|nasjon|m
Novial: natione
Polish: naród m
Portuguese: nação f
Russian: на�и� (nátsija) f, на�од (naród) m
Serbian:
Slovene: narod m
Spanish: nación f
Swahili: taifa, mataifa pl (noun 5/6)
Swedish: nation c
Telugu: �ాతి (jaati)
Turkish: millet, ulus
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Etymology 2
Probably short for damnation
Noun
nation
- damnation|Damnation.
Adverb
nation
- (chiefly dialect) extremely|Extremely; very
#: I'm nation sorry for you. -- Mark Twain
References
"Notable and Quotable," Merriam Webster Online Newsletter (November, 2005) 1 (as accessed on December 23, 2005).
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