See also: nâtion and Nation

EnglishEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

  • enPR: nā'shən, IPA(key): /ˈneɪ̯.ʃən/, /ˈneɪ̯.ʃɪn/
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  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən, -eɪʃɪn

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle English nacioun, nacion, from Old French nacion, from Latin nātiōnem, accusative of nātiō (nation). Displaced native Old English þēod.

NounEdit

nation (plural nations)

  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.
    The Roma are a nation without a country.
  2. (international law) A sovereign state.
    • 2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly[1], volume 188, number 26, page 36:
      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.
    Though legally single nations, many states comprise several distinct cultural or ethnic groups.
  3. (chiefly historical) An association of students based on its members' birthplace or ethnicity.
    Synonym: student nation
    Once widespread across Europe in medieval times, nations are now largely restricted to the ancient universities of Sweden and Finland.
  4. (obsolete) A great number; a great deal.
Usage notesEdit
  • (British) Following the establishment of the Scottish and Welsh parliaments, England, Scotland and Wales are normally considered distinct nations. Application of the term nation to the United Kingdom as a whole is deprecated in most style guides, including the BBC, most newspapers and in UK Government publications. Northern Ireland, being of less clear legal status, generally remains a province.
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Etymology 2Edit

Probably short for damnation.

NounEdit

nation

  1. (rare) Damnation.

AdverbEdit

nation

  1. (rare, dialectal) Extremely, very.

ReferencesEdit

  • “Notable and Quotable”, in Merriam Webster Online Newsletter[2], November 2005, archived from the original on 2006-03-14.

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DanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin nātiō (birth, people), derived from the verb nāscor (to be born).

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NounEdit

nation c (singular definite nationen, plural indefinite nationer)

  1. a nation, a people with a common identity, united in history, culture or language
  2. a nation, a country that is a politically independent unity

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FrenchEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

From Middle French nation, from Old French nacion, borrowed from Latin nātiōnem.

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NounEdit

nation f (plural nations)

  1. nation

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Middle FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French nacion.

NounEdit

nation f (plural nations)

  1. nation

DescendantsEdit

  • French: nation

SwedishEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

nation c

  1. a nation, a nationality, a people
  2. a nation, a country, a state
  3. a union or fraternity of students from the same province

DeclensionEdit

Declension of nation 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative nation nationen nationer nationerna
Genitive nations nationens nationers nationernas

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