Nation

//ˈneɪʃən// adj, adv, name, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    An intensifier; extreme, great. dialectal, rare

    "... a nation deal o' trouble to captivate him."

Adverb
  1. 1
    Extremely, very. dialectal, rare

    "“Looky here, Bilgewater,” he says, “I’m nation sorry for you, but you ain’t the only person that’s had troubles like that.”"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed based on a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture. collective

    "The Roma are a nation without a country."

  2. 2
    Damnation. rare

    "... what the nation's the matter of that boy now ? If he's got them highsterics ag'in , I'll blister him from the crown of his head to the soles of his feet , sure as he's a - livin ' . " The doctor took up his hat and started out to meet[…]"

  3. 3
    the people who live in a nation or country wordnet
  4. 4
    A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed based on a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture.; A community united by some trait (especially an interest) but not historically constituted. broadly, collective, humorous, informal, often

    "Near-synonym: tribe"

  5. 5
    a politically organized body of people under a single government wordnet
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  1. 6
    A sovereign state; (loosely, metonymic, proscribed) a country. metonymically

    "Though legally single nations, many states comprise several distinct cultural or ethnic groups."

  2. 7
    a federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes) wordnet
  3. 8
    An association of students based on the birthplace or ethnicity of its members. historical

    "Once widespread across Europe in medieval times, nations are now largely restricted to the ancient universities of Sweden and Finland."

  4. 9
    A great number; a great deal. obsolete

    "[…]and what a nation of herbs he had procured to mollify her humours, &c. &c.[…]"

  5. 10
    In North America, an Indigenous people and their federally recognized territory.

    "The Choctaw Nation is the third-largest federally recognized tribe in the United States and the second-largest Indian reservation in area."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English nacioun, nacion, from Old French nacion, from Latin nātiōnem, accusative of nātiō (“nation”). Displaced native Old English þēod.

Etymology 2

Short for damnation or tarnation.

Etymology 3

Short for damnation or tarnation.

Etymology 4

Short for damnation or tarnation.

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