Nation

//ˈneɪʃən//

Synonyms for "nation" (132 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (27)

Noun(1 words)
body politic

Strong matches (39)

Noun(2 words)
commonwealthcountry

Related words (66)

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15 relation types

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6 entries

Antonyms

7 entries

Synonyms

8 entries

Related terms

21 entries

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at location

1 entries

capable of

6 entries

coordinate

1 entries

dbpedia genre

1 entries

derived

65 entries

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distinct from

1 entries

etymologically related_to

1 entries

has a

1 entries

has context

5 entries

is a

3 entries

related to

176 entries

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Translations

344 translations across 139 languages.

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Adyghe

1 entries
  • цӏыфы лъэпкъ noun (community of people)

Afrikaans

4 entries
  • nasie noun (community of people)
  • nasie noun (sovereign state)
  • staat noun (sovereign state)
  • volk noun (community of people)

Albanian

2 entries
  • komb noun (community of people)
  • shtet noun (sovereign state)

Amharic

3 entries
  • ሃገር noun (sovereign state)
  • መንግሥት noun (sovereign state)
  • ብሔር noun (community of people)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἔθνος noun (community of people)

Arabic

4 entries
  • أُمَّة noun (community of people)
  • دَوْلَة noun (sovereign state)
  • قَوْم noun (community of people)
  • وَطَن noun (sovereign state)

Aramaic

2 entries
  • אוּמְּתָא noun (community of people)
  • ܐܘܡܬܐ noun (community of people)

Armenian

4 entries
  • ազգ noun (community of people)
  • երկիր noun (sovereign state)
  • ժողովուրդ noun (community of people)
  • պետություն noun (sovereign state)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • dövlət noun (sovereign state)
  • millət noun (community of people)

Bashkir

4 entries
  • дәүләт noun (sovereign state)
  • дәүләт noun (sovereign state)
  • ил noun (sovereign state)
  • милләт noun (community of people)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • дзяржа́ва noun (sovereign state)
  • на́цыя noun (community of people)
  • на́цыя noun (sovereign state)
  • наро́д noun (community of people)

Bengali

4 entries
  • উম্মত noun (community of people)
  • কওম noun (community of people)
  • জাতি noun (sovereign state)
  • মিল্লত noun (community of people)

Bikol Central

1 entries
  • nasyon noun (sovereign state)

Breton

1 entries
  • broad noun (community of people)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • държа́ва noun (sovereign state)
  • на́ция noun (community of people)
  • наро́д noun (community of people)

Burmese

4 entries
  • နိုင်ငံ noun (sovereign state)
  • ပြည်သူပြည်သား noun (community of people)
  • လူမျိုး noun (community of people)
  • လူမျိုးသည် noun (community of people)

Catalan

3 entries
  • estat noun (sovereign state)
  • nació noun (community of people)
  • sindicat noun (association of students)

Cebuano

2 entries
  • nasod noun (community of people)
  • nasod noun (sovereign state)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • نەتەوە noun (community of people)

Chavacano

2 entries
  • nacion noun (community of people)
  • nacion noun (sovereign state)

Cherokee

2 entries
  • ᎠᏰᎵᎤᏙᏢᏒ noun (community of people)
  • ᎠᏰᎵᎯ noun (community of people)

Chichewa

2 entries
  • dziko noun (sovereign state)
  • fuko noun (community of people)

Chinese

4 entries
  • гуйҗя noun (sovereign state)
  • жынмин noun (community of people)
  • 人民 noun (community of people)
  • 國家 /国家 noun (sovereign state)

Chinese Cantonese

3 entries
  • 人民 noun (community of people)
  • 國家 /国家 noun (sovereign state)
  • 國民 /国民 noun (community of people)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 人民 noun (community of people)
  • 國家 /国家 noun (sovereign state)
  • 國民 /国民 noun (community of people)

Chukchi

1 entries
  • варат noun (community of people)

Church Slavic

3 entries
  • землꙗ noun (sovereign state)
  • народъ noun (community of people)
  • страна noun (sovereign state)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • devlet noun (sovereign state)

Czech

2 entries
  • národ noun (community of people)
  • stát noun (sovereign state)

Danish

2 entries
  • nation noun (community of people)
  • stat noun (sovereign state)

Dari

1 entries
  • دَوْلَت noun (sovereign state)

Dutch

4 entries
  • natie noun (community of people)
  • natie noun (sovereign state)
  • staat noun (sovereign state)
  • volk noun (community of people)

Eastern Min Chinese

3 entries
  • 人民 noun (community of people)
  • 國家 /国家 noun (sovereign state)
  • 國民 /国民 noun (community of people)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • nacio noun (community of people)

Estonian

3 entries
  • natsioon noun (community of people)
  • rahvus noun (community of people)
  • riik noun (sovereign state)

Faroese

1 entries
  • tjóð noun (community of people)

Finnish

4 entries
  • kansa noun (community of people)
  • kansa noun (sovereign state)
  • kansakunta noun (sovereign state)
  • osakunta noun (association of students)

French

4 entries
  • Etat noun (sovereign state)
  • nation noun (community of people)
  • État noun (sovereign state)
  • état noun (sovereign state)

Galician

3 entries
  • estado noun (sovereign state)
  • nación noun (community of people)
  • nación noun (association of students)

Gan Chinese

1 entries
  • 人民 noun (community of people)

Georgian

4 entries
  • ერი noun (community of people)
  • ნაცია noun (community of people)
  • სახელმწიფო noun (sovereign state)
  • ხალხი noun (community of people)

German

4 entries
  • Nation noun (community of people)
  • Nation noun (association of students)
  • Staat noun (sovereign state)
  • Volk noun (community of people)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌹 noun (community of people)

Greek

3 entries
  • έθνος noun (community of people)
  • καθεστώς noun (sovereign state)
  • κράτος noun (sovereign state)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • nasyon noun (community of people)

Hakka Chinese

3 entries
  • 人民 noun (community of people)
  • 國家 /国家 noun (sovereign state)
  • 國民 /国民 noun (community of people)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • lāhui noun (community of people)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • אֻמָּה noun (sovereign state)
  • אומה \ אֻמָּה noun (community of people)
  • לְאוֹם noun (community of people)
  • מדינה \ מְדִינָה noun (sovereign state)

Hiligaynon

4 entries
  • nasyon noun (community of people)
  • nasyon noun (sovereign state)
  • pungsud noun (community of people)
  • pungsud noun (sovereign state)

Hindi

4 entries
  • क़ौम noun (community of people)
  • जाति noun (sovereign state)
  • मिल्लत noun (community of people)
  • राज्य noun (sovereign state)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • nemzet noun (community of people)
  • ország noun (sovereign state)
  • állam noun (sovereign state)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • ríki noun (sovereign state)
  • þjóð noun (community of people)

Ido

1 entries
  • naciono noun (community of people)

Ilocano

3 entries
  • nasion noun (community of people)
  • nasion noun (sovereign state)
  • pagilian noun (community of people)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • bangsa noun (community of people)
  • negara noun (sovereign state)

Ingrian

2 entries
  • kansa noun (community of people)
  • rahvas noun (community of people)

Ingush

1 entries
  • халкъ noun (community of people)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • nation noun (community of people)

Iranian Persian

1 entries
  • دُوْلَت noun (sovereign state)

Irish

2 entries
  • náisiún noun (community of people)
  • stát noun (sovereign state)

Italian

4 entries
  • nation noun (association of students)
  • nazione noun (community of people)
  • nazione noun (sovereign state)
  • stato noun (sovereign state)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 国家 noun (sovereign state)
  • 国民 noun (community of people)

Javanese

1 entries
  • bangsa noun (community of people)

Jin Chinese

2 entries
  • 人民 noun (community of people)
  • 國民 /国民 noun (community of people)

Kazakh

3 entries
  • мемлекет noun (sovereign state)
  • ұлт noun (community of people)
  • ұлыс noun (community of people)

Khmer

4 entries
  • ជាតិ noun (community of people)
  • ប្រជា noun (community of people)
  • ប្រជាជន noun (community of people)
  • ប្រជាជាតិ noun (community of people)

Korean

2 entries
  • 국가 noun (sovereign state)
  • 국민 noun (community of people)

Kyrgyz

3 entries
  • журт noun (community of people)
  • мамлекет noun (sovereign state)
  • улут noun (community of people)

Lao

4 entries
  • ຊາດ noun (sovereign state)
  • ປະຊາຊາດ noun (community of people)
  • ປະຊາຊົນ noun (community of people)
  • ປະເທດ noun (sovereign state)

Latgalian

1 entries
  • tauta noun (community of people)

Latin

2 entries
  • gēns noun (community of people)
  • natio noun (sovereign state)

Latvian

3 entries
  • nācija noun (community of people)
  • tauta noun (community of people)
  • valsts noun (sovereign state)

Ligurian

1 entries
  • naçión noun (community of people)

Lithuanian

4 entries
  • nacija noun (community of people)
  • tauta noun (community of people)
  • tautybė noun (community of people)
  • valstybė noun (sovereign state)

Livvi

1 entries
  • kanzu noun (community of people)

Low German

4 entries
  • Natschoon noun (community of people)
  • Staat noun (sovereign state)
  • Stoot noun (sovereign state)
  • Volk noun (community of people)

Lushootseed

1 entries
  • swatixʷtəd noun (community of people)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • држава noun (sovereign state)
  • народ noun (community of people)
  • нација noun (community of people)

Malay

3 entries
  • bangsa noun (community of people)
  • bangsa noun (sovereign state)
  • negara noun (sovereign state)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • രാജ്യം noun (community of people)

Manchu

3 entries
  • ᡠᡵᠰᡝ noun (community of people)
  • ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ noun (sovereign state)
  • ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ ᠪᠣᠣ noun (sovereign state)

Manx

1 entries
  • ashoon noun (community of people)

Marathi

1 entries
  • राष्ट्र noun (sovereign state)

Middle English

1 entries
  • nacioun noun (community of people)

Mongolian

4 entries
  • улс noun (sovereign state)
  • улс гурэн noun (sovereign state)
  • үндэстэн noun (community of people)
  • ᠦᠨᠳᠦᠰᠦᠲᠡᠨ noun (community of people)

Māori

1 entries
  • iwi noun (community of people)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries
  • twaifa noun (community of people)

Norman

1 entries
  • nâtion noun (community of people)

Northern Min Chinese

2 entries
  • 人民 noun (community of people)
  • 國家 /国家 noun (sovereign state)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • nasjon noun (community of people)
  • stat noun (sovereign state)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • nasjon noun (community of people)
  • stat noun (sovereign state)

Occitan

1 entries
  • nacion noun (community of people)

Old East Slavic

3 entries
  • землꙗ noun (sovereign state)
  • краина noun (sovereign state)
  • народъ noun (community of people)

Old English

2 entries
  • þēod noun (community of people)
  • þēod noun (sovereign state)

Oromo

1 entries
  • biyya noun (sovereign state)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries
  • ایل noun (community of people)
  • ایل noun (sovereign state)
  • قوم noun (community of people)
  • ملت noun (community of people)

Pa'O

4 entries
  • ခမ်းထီ noun (sovereign state)
  • ခမ်းသားထီသား noun (community of people)
  • လိုꩻခွိုꩻ noun (community of people)
  • လိုꩻခွိုꩻ noun (community of people)

Pali

1 entries
  • raṭṭha noun (community of people)

Pashto

3 entries
  • دولت noun (sovereign state)
  • ملت noun (community of people)
  • ولس noun (community of people)

Persian

1 entries
  • مِلَّت noun (community of people)

Plautdietsch

2 entries
  • Launt (nds) noun (sovereign state)
  • Volkj (nds) noun (community of people)

Polish

4 entries
  • nacja noun (community of people)
  • nacja noun (sovereign state)
  • naród noun (community of people)
  • stan noun (sovereign state)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • estado noun (sovereign state)
  • nação noun (community of people)

Romanian

2 entries
  • națiune noun (community of people)
  • stat noun (sovereign state)

Romansch

3 entries
  • naziun noun (community of people)
  • naziun noun (sovereign state)
  • stadi noun (sovereign state)

Russian

4 entries
  • госуда́рство noun (sovereign state)
  • держа́ва noun (sovereign state)
  • землячество noun (association of students)
  • на́ция noun (community of people)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • राष्ट्र noun (community of people)

Scots

1 entries
  • thede noun (community of people)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • nàisean noun (community of people)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • dr̀žava noun (sovereign state)
  • národ noun (community of people)
  • nȃcija noun (community of people)
  • др̀жава noun (sovereign state)

Sinhalese

2 entries
  • ජාතිය noun (sovereign state)
  • රාජ්යය noun (sovereign state)

Slovak

2 entries
  • národ noun (community of people)
  • štát noun (sovereign state)

Slovene

2 entries
  • država noun (sovereign state)
  • narod noun (community of people)

Somali

2 entries
  • qaran noun (community of people)
  • ummad noun (community of people)

Sotho

2 entries
  • sechaba noun (community of people)
  • setjhaba noun (community of people)

Southern Altai

4 entries
  • аймак noun (community of people)
  • калык noun (community of people)
  • улус noun (community of people)
  • эл noun (community of people)

Spanish

3 entries
  • estado noun (sovereign state)
  • nación noun (community of people)
  • sindicato noun (association of students)

Swahili

1 entries
  • taifa noun (community of people)

Swedish

4 entries
  • nation noun (community of people)
  • nation noun (association of students)
  • stat noun (sovereign state)
  • studentnation noun (association of students)

Tagalog

4 entries
  • bansa noun (community of people)
  • bansa noun (sovereign state)
  • lipunan noun (community of people)
  • nasyon noun (sovereign state)

Tajik

2 entries
  • давлат noun (sovereign state)
  • миллат noun (community of people)

Tamil

2 entries
  • நாடு noun (community of people)
  • நாடு noun (community of people)

Tatar

2 entries
  • дәүләт noun (sovereign state)
  • милләт noun (community of people)

Telugu

1 entries
  • జాతి noun (community of people)

Thai

4 entries
  • ชาติ noun (sovereign state)
  • ประชาชน noun (community of people)
  • ประชาชาติ noun (community of people)
  • ประเทศ noun (sovereign state)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • རྒྱལ་ཁབ noun (sovereign state)

Tumbuka

1 entries
  • fuko noun (community of people)

Turkish

3 entries
  • devlet noun (sovereign state)
  • millet noun (community of people)
  • ulus noun (community of people)

Turkmen

3 entries
  • döwlet noun (sovereign state)
  • millet noun (community of people)
  • ýurt noun (community of people)

Ugaritic

1 entries
  • 𐎈𐎆𐎚 noun (sovereign state)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • держа́ва noun (sovereign state)
  • на́ція noun (community of people)
  • на́ція noun (sovereign state)
  • наро́д noun (community of people)

Urdu

2 entries
  • رِیاسَت noun (sovereign state)
  • قَوم noun (community of people)

Uyghur

3 entries
  • ئۇيۇشما noun (association of students)
  • دۆلەت noun (sovereign state)
  • مىللەت noun (community of people)

Uzbek

3 entries
  • davlat noun (sovereign state)
  • millat noun (community of people)
  • ulus noun (community of people)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • dân tộc noun (community of people)
  • nhà nước noun (sovereign state)
  • quốc gia noun (sovereign state)

Welsh

1 entries
  • cenedl noun (community of people)

Wu Chinese

3 entries
  • 人民 noun (community of people)
  • 國家 /国家 noun (sovereign state)
  • 國民 /国民 noun (community of people)

Xiang Chinese

2 entries
  • 人民 noun (community of people)
  • 國民 /国民 noun (community of people)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • מדינה noun (sovereign state)
  • פֿאָלק noun (community of people)

Sample sentences

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A republic is a nation whose head is not a king or queen, but a president.

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Every nation has its peculiar character.

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We are a peace-loving nation.

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England is a great nation.

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