nation

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He helped to diffuse the notion that all the institutions of a society or a nation are as closely interconnected as the parts of a living organism.

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  1. noun A relatively large group of people organized under a single, usually independent government; a country.
  2. noun The territory occupied by such a group of people: All across the nation, people are voting their representatives out.
  3. noun The government of a sovereign state.
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  • He has walked steadily on along one path, and the development of Italy as a nation is at the end of it. —  The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II
  • See, running something, like a business, a corner store, a city, a state, or a nation is a lot different than in depth study of the navel that most law professors end up doing, Senators too for that matter.
  • But we as a nation are already suffering every day from our oil dependence, and decisive measures are needed. —  Waldo's Virginia Political Blogroll
  • After much acrimonious debate, this beautiful but deeply troubled Latin American nation is being asked to approve a gigantesque constitution (it contains 444 articles) as part of President Rafael Correa's effort to reshape Ecuador in his own leftist image. —  HACER Weekly News Report
  • Al Jasim continued: 'For me the real strength of our offer as a nation is our people. —  AME Info Latest News
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country ·  race ·  government ·  society ·  people ·  king ·  kingdom ·  tribe ·  army ·  religion

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  1. Middle English nacioun, from Old French nation, from Latin nātiō, nātiōn-, from nātus, past participle of nāscī, to be born; see genə- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English nation, nacioun, from Old French nacion, nation, nasion, French nation = Provencal natio, naision = Spanish nation = Portuguese nação = Italian nazione = Dutch natie = Middle Low German nacie = G. Swedish Danish nation, from Latin natio (n-), birth, a goddess of birth, a race, a people, from nasci, past participle natus, be born: see nascent.
  2. An adverbial use of nation, n., 6; prob. also in part an abbreviation of darnation.
 

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