nasyon

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish nación.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: na‧syon
• IPA^(key): /nasˈjon/ [n̪ɐs̪ˈjon̪]

Noun

nasyon

1. nation; country

   Synonym: nasod

Central Bikol

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish nación.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: na‧syon
• IPA^(key): /nasˈjon/ [n̪aˈʃon̪]

Noun

nasyón

1. nation; country

   Synonyms: banwa, banwaan

Related terms

• nasyonal
• nasyonalismo
• nasyonalista

Haitian Creole

Alternative forms

• nanchon, nachon

Etymology

From French nation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nasˈjõ/

Noun

nasyon

1. nation
2. (voodoo) nanchon (one of the major groupings of Vodou lwa)

Related terms

• nasyonal

See also

• peyi

References

• Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎^[1], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 134

Tagalog

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tisder.

Proto-Italic *gnātiō

Latin nātiōnembor.

Spanish naciónbor.

Tagalog nasyon

Borrowed from Spanish nación, borrowed from Latin nātiōnem, from Proto-Italic *gnātiō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis, from *ǵenh₁- + *-tis.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /nasˈjon/ [n̪ɐˈʃon̪]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /nasˈjon/ [n̪ɐsˈjon̪]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: nas‧yon

Noun

nasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

1. nation; country

   Synonym: bansa

Related terms

• nasyonal
• nasyonalidad
• nasyonalisasyon
• nasyonalismo
• nasyonalista

Further reading

• “nasyon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Yatzachi Zapotec

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish nación.

Noun

nasyon

1. nation

References

• Butler H., Inez M. (2000), Diccionario zapoteco de Yatzachi: Yatzachi el Bajo, Yatzachi el Alto, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 37)‎^[2], second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 267