Meaning of nation | Babel Free

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1. A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed based on a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture.
   collective
2. A surname.
3. Damnation.
   rare
4. A community united by some trait (especially an interest) but not historically constituted.
   broadly, collective, humorous, informal, often
5. Carry or Carrie (Amelia Moore), 1846–1911, U.S. temperance leader.
6. A sovereign state; (loosely, metonymic, proscribed) a country.
   metonymically
7. An organized geopolitical unit:body politic, country, land, polity, state.
8. An association of students based on the birthplace or ethnicity of its members.
   historical
9. of or belonging to a particular nation. national government; national pride. nasionaal قَومي، وَطَني национален nacional národní National-..., Staats-... national εθνικόςnacional rahvuslik ملی kansallinen nationalלאומי राष्ट्रीय narodni, nacionalan nemzeti, országos nasional þjóðar- nazionale 国民の 국가의 šalies, valstybinis, tautinis, nacionalinis nacionāls; valsts-; tautas- negara nationaalnasjonal, folke-narodowy ملى،اړوند په خلكو nacional naţional национальный národný naroden; nacionalen nacio...
10. A great number; a great deal.
    obsolete
11. nasionaal قَوْمِيّاً، وَطَنِيّاً общонародно nacionalmente národně National-..., Staats-... nationalt εθνικά nacionalmente üleriigiliselt ازلحاظ ملی kansallisesti nationalementלאומי राष्ट्र की दृष्टि nacionalno országosan secara nasional á þjóðarvísu a livello nazionale 国全体として 국가적으로 šalies mastu nacionāli; tautiski; valstiski di seluruh negara, dari sudut kepentingan negara nationaalnasjonalt narodowo په ملى توګه nacionalmente naţional в масштабе всей страны; как нация národne narodno naciona...
12. In North America, an Indigenous people and their federally recognized territory.
13. nasionalis قَوْمي، وَطَني националист nacionalista vlastenec der/die Nationalist(in) nationalist εθνικιστήςnacionalista rahvuslane ملی گرا nationalisti nationaliste לְאוּמָן राष्ट्रवादी nacionalist hazafi nasionalis þjóðernissinni nazionalista 国家主義者 국가주의자, 민족주의자 savo tautos nepriklausomybės šalininkas, nacionalistas nacionālists; cīnītājs par nacionālu neatkarību berfahaman kebangsaan nationalistnasjonalistnacjonalista ملى پالونكى nacionalista naţionalist националист vlastenec, -ka nacionalis...
14. nasionalisties وَطَني، قَومي националистичен nacionalista vlastenecký nationalistisch nationalistisk εθνικιστικόςnacionalista natsionalistlik وابسته به ملی گرایی nationalistinen nationalisteלאומני राष्ट्रवादी nacionalistički hazafias nasionalistis þjóðernissinnaður nazionalistico 国家主義の 국가주의적인 nacionalistinis, šovinistinis nacionālistisks; nacionālas neatkarības- bersemangat kebangsaan nationalistischnasjonalistisknacjonalistyczny اړوند په ملى پالنه nacionalista naţionalist националистический ...
15. (the state of belonging to) a particular nation. `What nationality are you?' `I'm German'; You can see (people of) many nationalities in London. nasionaliteit قَومِيَّه националност nacionalidade národnost die Nationalität nationalitet εθνικότηταnacionalidad rahvus, kodakondsus ملیت kansallisuus nationalité אזרחות, נתינות राष्ट्रीयता narodnost, nacionalnost nemzetiség; állampolgárság kebangsaan þjóðerni nazionalità 国籍 국적 tautybė, tauta, pilietybė nacionalitāte; tautība; pavalstniecība kewarga...
16. to make (especially an industry) the property of the nation as a whole rather than the property of an individual. nasionaliseer يُضْفي الصِّفَة القَوْمِيَّه национализирам nacionalizar znárodnit verstaatlichen nationalisere κρατικοποιώ nacionalizar natsionaliseerima ملی کردن kansallistaa nationaliser לְהַלאִים राष्ट्रीय करण करना nacionalizirati államosít menasionalisasi þjóðnÿta nazionalizzare 国有にする 국유화하다 nacionalizuoti nacionalizēt memiliknegarakan nationaliserensosialisere, nasjonaliserenac...
    especially
17. nasionalisasie تأميم، تَحْويل المِلْكِيَّه الخاصَّه إلى عامَّه национализация nacionalização znárodnění die Verstaatlichung nationalisering κρατικοποίησηnacionalización natsionaliseerimine ملی سازی kansallistaminen nationalisationהלאמה राष्ट्रीयकरण podržavljenje államosítás; honosítás nasionalisasi þjóðnÿting nazionalizzazione 国有化 국유화 nacionalizacija nacionalizācija pemiliknegaraan nationalisatiesosialisering, nasjonalisering nacjonalizacja ملى كول nacionalização na­ţio­­nali­zare национализа...
18. a nation's official song or hymn. volkslied نَشيد وَطَني национален химн hino nacional státní hymna die Nationalhymne nationalsang εθνικός ύμνοςhimno nacional riigihümn سرود ملی kansallishymni hymne national הִמנוֹן לְאוּמִי राष्ट्रगान nacionalna himna nemzeti himnusz lagu kebangsaan þjóðsöngur inno nazionale 国歌 국가 valstybinis himnas valsts himna lagu kebangsaan volksliednasjonalsang hymn narodowy ملى سرود hino nacional imn naţional государственный гимн štátna hymna državna himna nacionalna h...

Equivalents

Examples

“The Roma are a nation without a country.”

“pre-Columbian nations”

“All the ends of the woꝛld ſhall remember, and turne vnto the Lord: and all the kinreds of the nations ſhall woꝛſhip befoꝛe thee.”

“Near-synonym: tribe”

“the Dallas Cowboys nation”

“Did Pinterest create a culture of do-it-yourselfers, or did the DIY nation create Pinterest? The answer may not be certain, but we do know that a lot of customers love to do things on their own.”

“Though legally single nations, many states comprise several distinct cultural or ethnic groups.”

“It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: […] perhaps to muse on the irrelevance of the borders that separate nation states and keep people from understanding their shared environment.”

“By the start of the 19th century, Europe was neckdeep in the Napoleonic Wars, which, at various times, amounted to the British Empire against Europe, and, at others, involved Britain subsidising various nations, such as Austria and Prussia, against Napoleon.”

“Once widespread across Europe in medieval times, nations are now largely restricted to the ancient universities of Sweden and Finland.”

“[…]and what a nation of herbs he had procured to mollify her humours, &c. &c.[…]”

“The Choctaw Nation is the third-largest federally recognized tribe in the United States and the second-largest Indian reservation in area.”

“... what the nation's the matter of that boy now ? If he's got them highsterics ag'in , I'll blister him from the crown of his head to the soles of his feet , sure as he's a - livin ' . " The doctor took up his hat and started out to meet[…]”

“O nation!.. if I were a man, […]”

“What the nation's the matter now?”

“"What the nation's the matter with our John?" he broke off suddenly as his eyes fell on the occupant of the cot.”

CEFR level