Definition of Nation

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Nation

A part, or division, of the people of the earth, distinguished from the rest by common descent, language, or institutions; a race; a stock.

The body of inhabitants of a country, united under an independent government of their own.

Family; lineage.

One of the divisions of university students in a classification according to nativity, formerly common in Europe.

One of the four divisions (named from the parts of Scotland) in which students were classified according to their nativity.

A great number; a great deal; -- by way of emphasis; as, a nation of herbs.

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Nation Quotations

What's bad for the country is always good for The Nation.
Victor Navasky

We are a small nation, but strong.
Moshe Dayan

In this nation, leadership is dollars.
Norman Lear

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

A good nation I will make live.
Black Elk

Nation Translations

nation in Danish is folk, nation
nation in Dutch is natie, volk
nation in Finnish is kansa, kansakunta
nation in French is peuple, nation
nation in German is Volk, Nation, Nation
nation in Hungarian is nemzet
nation in Italian is nazione
nation in Latin is natio nationis, natio, gens, populus
nation in Swedish is folk, nation


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