nation

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noun

1. a politically organized body of people under a single government (Freq. 33)
- the state has elected a new president
- African nations
- students who had come to the nation's capitol
- the country's largest manufacturer
- an industrialized land
• Syn:
state, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic
• Hypernyms:
political unit, political entity
• Hyponyms:
commonwealth country, developing country, Dominion, foreign country, Reich,
rogue state, renegade state, rogue nation, suzerain, sea power, world power,
world power, great power, power, superpower, city state,
city-state, ally
• Instance Hyponyms:
Eelam, Tamil Eelam
• Part Meronyms:
estate of the realm, estate, the three estates
2. the people who live in a nation or country (Freq. 10)
- a statement that sums up the nation's mood
- the news was announced to the nation
- the whole country worshipped him
• Syn:
land, country
• Hypernyms:
people
• Hyponyms:
Dutch, Dutch people, British, British people, Brits,
English, English people, Irish, Irish people, French, French people,
Spanish, Spanish people, Swiss, Swiss people
• Member Meronyms:
national, subject
3. a federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes)
- the Shawnee nation
• Regions:
United States, United States of America, America, the States, US,
U.S., USA, U.S.A.
• Hypernyms:
confederation, confederacy, federation
• Hyponyms:
tribe, federation of tribes

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  Nation, Carry Nation, Carry Amelia Moore Nation, land, country, state, commonwealth, res publica, body politic