nation
a politically organized body of people under a single government
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,170 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 8,123 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
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- a politically organized body of people under a single government also: state, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic the state has elected a new presidentAfrican nations
- the people who live in a nation or country also: land, country a statement that sums up the nation's moodthe news was announced to the nation
- United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911) also: Carry Nation, Carry Amelia Moore Nation
- a federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes) the Shawnee nation
nation in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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If you do not do this, I will destroy your whole nation.’
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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As a nation of freemen we must live through all time, or die by suicide.
Lincoln's Inaugurals, Addresses and Letters · Abraham Lincoln · Chapter 1
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A piratical crew is generally formed of the desperadoes and runagates of every clime and nation.
The pirates own book · Charles Ellms · Chapter 1
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And if I take this American--well, the Americans are so new a nation they have still a moral sense.
The Reflections of Ambrosine: A Novel · Elinor Glyn · Chapter 1
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The thirty-five-year graduates, eighty strong, the men who are handling the nation, wear a unanimous sudden growth of rolling gray beard.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1