Definitions for nation

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nation na·tion

Spelling: [ney-shuh n]

IPA: /ˈneɪ ʃən/

Nation is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 84 anagrams from letters in nation (ainnot).

Definitions for nation

noun

1. a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own:
2. the territory or country itself:
3. a member tribe of an American Indian confederation.
4. an aggregation of persons of the same ethnic family, often speaking the same language or cognate languages.
5. Carry or Carrie (Amelia Moore) 1846–1911, U.S. temperance leader.

Origin of nation

1250-1300; Middle English Latin nātiōn- (stem of nātiō) birth, tribe, equivalent to nāt(us) (past participle of nāscī to be born) + -iōn- -ion

Examples for nation

Our nation is in number more than half that of the British Isles.

As the nation develops, it must produce men of high culture.

If Congress accurately reflected our nation on the basis of race, about 63 percent would be white, not 80 percent.

With the accuracy of his nation, he beamingly replied, "Seeshundredtousand."

We are a nation in which a few rotten apples are spoiling different barrels.

The television networks interrupt their broadcasts to take the nation directly to Selma.

The fact that many African Americans fear the police more than our white counterparts says our nation is still a work in progress.

They have claims on the magnanimity and, I may add, on the justice of this nation which we must all feel.

And besides, as a nation, we hold this truth to be self-evident:  resolutions are made to be broken.

The Germans use a greater variety of patterns than any other nation.