nation

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Middle English nation, nacioun from Old French nation, nacion, from Latin nationem, accusative of natio, (g)natio (“nation, race, birth”) from (g)natus, past participle stem of (g)nasci “to be born”. Displaced native Middle English theode, thede (“nation”) (from Old English þēod), Middle English burthe (“birth, nation, race, nature”), Middle English leod, leode, lede (“people, race”) (from Old English lēod).

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nation (plural nations)

  1. A group of people sharing aspects of language, culture and/or ethnicity.
    The Roma are a nation without a country.
  2. A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed on the basis of a common language, territory, economic life, and psychological make-up manifested in a common culture
    The Kurdish people constitute a nation in the Middle East
  3. (law) (international law) A sovereign state.
    Though legally single nations, many states comprise several distinct cultural or ethnic groups.
  4. (chiefly historical) an association of students based on their birthplace or ethnicity syn.
    Once widespread across Europe in medieval times, nations are now largely restricted to the ancient universities of Sweden and Finland.
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(UK) 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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group of people sharing aspects of language, culture and/or ethnicity
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Probably short for damnation.

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nation

  1. Damnation.

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nation

  1. (chiefly dialect) Extremely; very
    I'm nation sorry for you. -- Mark Twain

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  • "Notable and Quotable," Merriam Webster Online Newsletter (November, 2005) [1] (as accessed on December 23, 2005).

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French Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia fr

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Borrowed from Latin nationem, accusative singular of natio.

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nation f. (plural nations)

  1. nation

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

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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

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Declension of nation
singular plural
Common indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative nation nationen nationer nationerna
genitive nations nationens nationers nationernas

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