nation

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nation

PronunciationEdit

enPR: nā'shən, IPA^(key): /ˈneɪ̯.ʃən/, /ˈneɪ̯.ʃɪn/
Audio (US) (file)
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)

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.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 22:27:
  All the ends of the woꝛld ſhall remember, and turne vnto the Lord: and all the kinreds of the nations ſhall woꝛſhip befoꝛe thee.
(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.
(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.
(obsolete) A great number; a great deal.
- 1762, Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume V, new edition, Altenburgh: G. E. Richter, published 1772, page 57:
  […] and what a nation of herbs he had procured to mollify her humours, &c. &c. […]

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.

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from nation

Related termsEdit

Terms etymologically related to nation

TranslationsEdit

community of people

Adyghe: цӏыфы лъэпкъ (cʼəfə lˢepq)
Afrikaans: nasie, volk
Albanian: komb m
Amharic: ብሔር (bəḥer)
Arabic: أُمَّة‎ f (ʔumma), قَوْم‎ m (qawm)
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܐܘܡܬܐ‎ f (ʾumməṯā)

Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: אוּמְּתָא‎ f (ʾumməṯā)
Armenian: ազգ (azg), ժողովուրդ (žołovurd)
Azerbaijani: millət
Bashkir: милләт (millät)
Belarusian: на́цыя f (nácyja), наро́д m (naród)
Bengali: কওম (koōm), মিল্লত (millot), উম্মত (ummot)
Breton: broad m
Bulgarian: на́ция f (nácija), наро́д m (naród)
Burmese: လူမျိုးသည် (lu-myui:sany), လူမျိုး (lu-myui:), ပြည်သူပြည်သား (pranysu-pranysa:)
Catalan: nació f
Cherokee: ᎠᏰᎵᎯ (ayelihi), ᎠᏰᎵᎤᏙᏢᏒ (ayeliudotlvsv)
Chichewa: fuko
Chinese:
Mandarin: 人民 (zh) (rénmín), 國民／国民 (zh) (guómín)
Chukchi: варат (varat)
Czech: národ m
Danish: nation c
Dutch: natie f, volk n
Esperanto: nacio
Estonian: natsioon, rahvus
Faroese: tjóð f
Finnish: kansa
French: nation f
Galician: nación f
Georgian: ერი (eri), ნაცია (nacia), ხალხი (xalxi)
German: Volk n, Nation f (chiefly when sovereign also)
Gothic: 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌹 n (reiki)
Greek: έθνος n (éthnos)
Ancient: ἔθνος n (éthnos)
Haitian Creole: nasyon
Hawaiian: lāhui
Hebrew: אומה \ אֻמָּה‎ f (umá)
Hindi: समाज m (samāj), क़ौम f (qaum), मिल्लत m (millat)
Hungarian: nemzet
Icelandic: þjóð f
Ido: naciono
Indonesian: bangsa
Interlingua: nation
Irish: náisiún m
Italian: nazione f
Japanese: 国民 (こくみん, kokumin)
Javanese: bangsa
Kazakh: ұлт (ūlt), ұлыс (ūlys)
Khmer: រាស្ត្រ (riəh), ប្រជាជន (prɑciə cŭən), ពលរដ្ឋ (pŭəllĕəʼrŏət), ប្រជាជាតិ (prɑciə ciət), រដ្ឋ (rŏət), ជាតិ (ciət), ប្រជា (prɑciə)
Korean: 국민(國民) (gungmin)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: نیشتیمان‎ (ku) (nîştîman), نەتەوھ‎ (netewh)
Kyrgyz: улут (ulut), журт (jurt)
Lao: ປະຊາຊົນ (pa sā son)
Latgalian: tauta
Latin: gēns f
Latvian: nācija f, tauta f
Ligurian: naçión
Lithuanian: nacija f, tauta f, tautybė f
Low German:
German Low German: Volk (nds) n, Natschoon (nds) f
Lutshootseed: swatixʷtəd
Macedonian: нација f (nacija), народ m (narod)
Malay: bangsa
Malayalam: രാജ്യം (rājyaṃ)
Manchu: ᡠᡵᠰᡝ (urse)
Manx: ashoon m
Maori: iwi
Middle English: nacioun
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: үндэстэн (ündesten)
Ngazidja Comorian: twaifa class 5/6
Norman: nâtion f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nasjon (no) m

Nynorsk: nasjon m
Occitan: nacion f
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: народъ m (narodŭ)
Old East Slavic: народъ f (narodŭ)
Old English: þēod f
Ottoman Turkish: ایل‎ (il)
Pali: raṭṭha n
Pashto: ملت‎ m (melát), ولس‎ m (wolᶕs)
Persian: ملت‎ (mellat)
Plautdietsch: Volkj (nds) n
Polish: naród m, nacja f
Portuguese: nação f
Romanian: națiune f
Russian: на́ция f (nácija), наро́д m (naród)
Sanskrit: राष्ट्र m (rāṣṭra)
Scots: thede
Scottish Gaelic: nàisean m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: на́род m, на̑ција f

Roman: národ (sh) m, nȃcija (sh) f
Slovak: národ m
Slovene: narod m
Somali: qaran, ummad
Sotho: (South Africa) setjhaba, (Lesotho) sechaba
Spanish: nación f
Swahili: taifa
Swedish: nation c
Tagalog: lipunan
Tajik: миллат (millat)
Tamil: நாடு (nāṭu), நாடு (nāṭu)
Tatar: милләт (millät)
Telugu: జాతి (jāti)
Thai: ประชาชน (bprà-chaa-chon)
Turkish: millet, ulus
Turkmen: millet, ýurt
Ukrainian: на́ція f (nácija), наро́д m (naród)
Urdu: قوم‎ f (qaum)
Uyghur: مىللەت‎ (millet)
Uzbek: millat, ulus
Vietnamese: dân tộc
Welsh: cenedl f
Yiddish: פֿאָלק‎ n (folk)

sovereign state

Albanian: shtet m
Amharic: መንግሥት (mängəśt), ሃገር f (hagär)
Arabic: دَوْلَة‎ f (dawla), وَطَن‎ m (waṭan)
Armenian: պետություն (petutʿyun), երկիր (erkir)
Azerbaijani: dövlət
Bashkir: ил (il), дәүләт (däwlät), дәүләт (däwlät)
Belarusian: дзяржа́ва f (dzjaržáva), на́цыя f (nácyja)
Bengali: রাষ্ট্র (raṣṭro), জাতি (jati)
Bikol Central: nasyon
Bulgarian: държа́ва f (dǎržáva)
Burmese: နိုင်ငံ (nuingngam)
Catalan: estat m
Chichewa: dziko
Chinese:
Mandarin: 國家／国家 (zh) (guójiā)
Crimean Tatar: devlet
Czech: stát m
Danish: stat c
Dutch: natie f, staat m
Estonian: riik
Finnish: kansakunta, valtio, kansa
French: état m, État m, Etat m
Galician: estado m
Georgian: სახელმწიფო (saxelmc̣ipo)
German: Staat m
Greek: κράτος n (krátos), καθεστώς n (kathestós)
Hebrew: מדינה \ מְדִינָה‎ f (mediná)
Hindi: राज्य m (rājya), राष्ट्र m (rāṣṭra), जाति f (jāti)
Hungarian: ország, állam
Icelandic: ríki n
Indonesian: negara
Irish: stát m
Italian: stato m, nazione f
Japanese: 国家 (こっか, kokka)
Kazakh: мемлекет (memleket)
Khmer: រដ្ឋ (rŏət), ប្រទេស (prɑteih)
Korean: 국가(國家) (gukga)
Kyrgyz: мамлекет (mamleket)
Lao: ລັດ (lat), ຊາດ (sāt), ປະເທດ (pa thēt)
Latin: natio f
Latvian: valsts f
Lithuanian: valstybė f
Low German:
German Low German: Staat (nds) m, Stoot (nds) m
Macedonian: држава f (država)
Malay: bangsa, negara
Manchu: ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ (gurun)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: улс гурэн (uls guren), улс (uls)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: stat (no) m

Nynorsk: stat m
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: землꙗ f (zemlja), страна f (strana)
Old East Slavic: землꙗ f (zemlja), краина f (krajna)
Old English: þēod f
Ottoman Turkish: ایل‎ (il)
Pashto: دولت‎ m (dawlát)
Persian: دولت‎ (dowlat)
Plautdietsch: Launt (nds) n
Polish: stan m, nacja f
Portuguese: estado m
Romanian: stat n
Russian: госуда́рство n (gosudárstvo), держа́ва f (deržáva)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: др̀жава f

Roman: dr̀žava (sh) f
Sinhalese: රාජ්‍යය (rājyaya), ජාතිය (jātiya)
Slovak: štát m
Slovene: država f
Spanish: estado m
Swedish: stat c
Tagalog: bansa, nasyon
Tajik: давлат (davlat)
Tatar: дәүләт (däwlät)
Thai: รัฐ (rát), ชาติ (châat), ประเทศ (bprà-têet)
Tibetan: རྒྱལ་ཁབ (rgyal khab)
Turkish: devlet
Turkmen: döwlet
Ugaritic: 𐎈𐎆𐎚 (ḥwt)
Ukrainian: держа́ва f (deržáva), на́ція f (nácija)
Urdu: ریاست‎ f (riyāsat)
Uyghur: دۆلەت‎ (dölet)
Uzbek: davlat
Vietnamese: nhà nước, quốc gia
Yiddish: מדינה‎ f (medine)

association of students

Catalan: sindicat m
Finnish: osakunta
Galician: nación m
German: Nation f
Italian: nation f
Russian: землячество n (zemljačestvo)
Spanish: sindicato m
Swedish: nation c, studentnation c
Uyghur: ئۇيۇشما‎ (uyushma)

Etymology 2Edit

Probably short for damnation.

NounEdit

nation

(rare) Damnation.

AdverbEdit

nation

(rare, dialectal) Extremely, very.
- 1884 December 10, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter XIX, in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade) […], London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC, page 186:
  “Looky here, Bilgewater,” he says, “I’m nation sorry for you, but you ain’t the only person that’s had troubles like that.”

ReferencesEdit

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

AnagramsEdit

Tonian, anoint

DanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): [naˈɕoˀn]

NounEdit

nation c (singular definite nationen, plural indefinite nationer)

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

InflectionEdit

Declension of nation

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	nation	nationen	nationer	nationerne
genitive	nations	nationens	nationers	nationernes