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NOUN | 1 | nation, state, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic | A politically organized body of people under a single government |
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2 | nation, land, country, a people | The people who live in a nation or country | |
3 | nation | A federation of tribes (especially native American tribes) | |
4 | Nation, Carry Nation, Carry Amelia Moore Nation | United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911) |
Sounds | ney'shahn |
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Rhymes | Aachen, Aaron, abandon, and 2504 more rhymes in ahn at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | A politically organized body of people under a single government. |
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Examples | "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol" |
Synonyms | state, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic |
Parts | estate, estate of the realm |
Narrower | Dominion; Reich; rogue state, renegade state, rogue nation; suzerain; sea power; world power, major power, great power, power, superpower; city state; ally |
Broader | political unit |
Adjectives | national |
Meaning | The people who live in a nation or country. |
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Examples | "a statement that sums up the nation's mood"; "the news was announced to the nation" |
Synonyms | land, country, a people |
Members | national, subject |
Narrower | Dutch, Dutch people; British, British people, the British, Brits; English, English people, the English; Irish, Irish people, the Irish; French, French people; Spanish, Spanish people; Swiss, Swiss people, the Swiss |
Broader | people |
Adjectives | national |
Meaning | A federation of tribes (especially native American tribes). |
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Examples | "the Shawnee nation" |
Region | United States, United States of America, America, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A. |
Narrower | tribe, federation of tribes |
Broader | confederation, confederacy, federation |
Meaning | United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911). |
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Synonyms | Carry Nation, Carry Amelia Moore Nation |
Broader | dry, prohibitionist |