Noun Definition

nation

1.Definition: a federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes)

"The Shawnee nation"

Category: General

2.Definition: a politically organized body of people under a single government

"The state has elected a new president", "African nations", "Students who had come to the nation's capitol", "The country's largest manufacturer", "An industrialized land"

Related Noun(s):commonwealth, country, land, state

Category: General

3.Definition: the people who live in a nation or country

"A statement that sums up the nation's mood", "The news was announced to the nation", "The whole country worshipped him"

Related Noun(s):country, land

Category: General

4.Definition: United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911)

Related Noun(s):carry nation

Category: People