nation
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
nation/ˈneɪʃn/
▶noun a large body of people united by common descent, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular state or territory.
■ a North American Indian people or confederation of peoples.
– derivatives
nationhood noun.
nationhood noun.
– origin ME: via OFr. from L. natio(n-), from nat-, nasci ‘be born’.
'nation' also found in these Oxford entries:
asymmetrical warfare
- belligerent
- black Muslim
- body politic
- Celt
- civilization
- combatant
- country
- countrywide
- cousin
- emblem
- enemy
- epic
- ethnic
- ethno-
- eunuch
- First Nation
- gender
- genius
- genocide
- gentile
- goy
- Herrenvolk
- Israelite
- Lebensraum
- messiah
- most favoured nation
- national
- nationality
- nation state
- nationwide
- non-belligerent
- organic law
- particularism
- people
- Riksmål
- rule
- soil
- somoni
- sovereign
- spirit
- state
- statute book
- stem
- volk
- Zionism
