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Synonyms for nation

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ney-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˈneɪ ʃən

Top 10 synonyms for nation
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Définition of nation

Origin :
  • c.1300, from Old French nacion "birth, rank; descendants, relatives; country, homeland" (12c.) and directly from Latin nationem (nominative natio) "birth, origin; breed, stock, kind, species; race of people, tribe," literally "that which has been born," from natus, past participle of nasci "be born" (Old Latin gnasci; see genus). Political sense has gradually predominated, but earliest English examples inclined toward the racial meaning "large group of people with common ancestry." Older sense preserved in application to North American Indian peoples (1640s). Nation-building first attested 1907 (implied in nation-builder).
  • noun country with its own government
Example sentences :
  • The Germans use a greater variety of patterns than any other nation.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Invention of Steel Pens » by Henry Bore
  • As the nation develops, it must produce men of high culture.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • With the accuracy of his nation, he beamingly replied, "Seeshundredtousand."
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • No nation has ever before been embarrassed from too large a surplus in its treasury.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • They have claims on the magnanimity and, I may add, on the justice of this nation which we must all feel.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • It is not your privilege as a nation to speak of a distant past.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • That which was the body has come to be only the rich fringe of the nation's robe.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • Will their successors falter and plead organic impotency in the nation?
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • Our nation is in number more than half that of the British Isles.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • The work which we are doing there redounds to our credit as a nation.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
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