nación

See also: nacion, ñación, and naçión

Asturian

Alternative forms

• ñación

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin natio, nationem.

Noun

nación f (plural naciones)

1. birth
2. nation

Synonyms

• (birth): nacimientu

Related terms

• nacer
• nacional

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Galician

Alternative forms

• nazón

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese naçõ, from Latin nātiō, nātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [naˈθjoŋ]
• Hyphenation: na‧ción

Noun

nación f (plural nacións)

1. nation
   • 1697, José Gil Taboada, Grande loita de luceiros:

     Grande loyta de Luceyros

     Ay na terra do patron

     Santo, que fillo do Trono

     Nas guerras sempre atronòu.

     Cinco Luceyros no'menos

     S'opòn à vn Luceyro sò:

     Cinco à vn, è ser Galegos?

     No'mo dà ò corazon.

     E que loytan sobre quen

     A quen mais alomeou.

     Vn contra cinco? Este si

     Que é Galego de naçon.

     A large dispute of luminaries

     happens at he land of the patron

     Saint, who, son of thunder

     In the wars always stormed [Santiago].

     Five luminaries, no less,

     Oppose one luminary alone:

     Five to one, being Galicians?

     I don't think so.

     And they are fighting on who

     enlightened more to whom.

     One to five? This certainly is

     Galician by nation

   • 1779, Diego Antonio Cernadas y Castro, Obras en prosa y verso:

     Co ò desexo de acordarvos,

     que en Galicia ò seu funduxe

     ten à vosa nobre fruxe,

     vou en Gallego a falarvos:

     De esto non hay que estrañarvos;

     antes ben, facendo gala

     de esta nacion, estimála,

     è si porque moito dista,

     non à conocès de vista,

     conocedéa pola fala

     With the desire to remind you

     that in Galicia has its origin

     your noble lineage,

     I'm going to speak in Galician to you:

     you must not be surprised;

     rather, showing off

     this nation, you'll love it;

     and, if because of the distance,

     you are not acquainted,

     then meet her in her language

2. vulva of a female domestic animal

   Synonyms: nacenza, natura

Derived terms

• nación de Breogán

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “nações”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “naçõ”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “nación”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “nación”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “nación”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nātiō, nātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /naˈθjon/ [naˈθjõn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /naˈsjon/ [naˈsjõn]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: na‧ción

Noun

nación f (plural naciones)

1. nation

Derived terms

• Naciones Unidas

Related terms

• nacer
• naciente
• nacional
• natividad
• nativo
• nato
• Navidad

 

Descendants

• → Asturian: nación
• → Bikol Central: nasyon
• → Cebuano: nasyon
• → Galician: nación
• → Yatzachi Zapotec: nasyon

Further reading

• “nación”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28