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KK Pronunciation

〔 ˋneʃәn 〕

Pronunciation

〔 ˊneiʃn 〕


Overview of noun nation

The noun nation has 4 senses


  • state, nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic -- (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")

  • nation, land, country -- (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")

  • Nation, Carry Nation, Carry Amelia Moore Nation -- (United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911))

  • nation -- (a federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes); "the Shawnee nation")