nation

n. country; people of a certain country or nationality

A nation is a form of cultural or social community. Nationhood is an ethical and philosophical doctrine and is the starting point for the ideology of nationalism. Members of a "nation" share a common identity, and usually a common origin, in the sense of ancestry, parentage or descent. A nation extends across generations, and includes the dead as full members. Past events are framed in this context; for example; by referring to "our soldiers" in conflicts which took place hundreds of years ago. More vaguely, nations are assumed to include future generations. A nation is not a state, and while traditionally monocultural, it may also be multicultural in its self-definition. The term nation is often used as a synonym for ethnic group (sometimes "ethnos"), but although ethnicity is now one of the most important aspects of cultural or social identity, people with the same ethnic origin may live in different nation-states and be treated as members of separate nations for that reason. National identity is often disputed, down to the level of the individual.
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n. nation, country; people of a certain country or nationality

n. Nation, place in Paris; family name

n. nation, people, country, people of a certain country or nationality

(n.)
The body of inhabitants of a country, united under an independent government of their own.
  

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One of the four divisions (named from the parts of Scotland) in which students were classified according to their nativity.
  

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One of the divisions of university students in a classification according to nativity, formerly common in Europe.
  

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Family; lineage.
  

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A part, or division, of the people of the earth, distinguished from the rest by common descent, language, or institutions; a race; a stock.
  

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A great number; a great deal; -- by way of emphasis; as, a nation of herbs.