nation

Meanings

• a politically organized body of people under a single government
  • "African nations"
  • "students who had come to the nation's capitol"
• 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"
• United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911)
• a federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes)
  • "the Shawnee nation"

Synonyms

body politic, Carry Amelia Moore Nation, Carry Nation, commonwealth, country, land, res publica, state