1. (noun) 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"
2. (noun) 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"
3. (noun) Nation, Carry Nation, Carry Amelia Moore Nation
United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911)
4. (noun) nation
a federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes)
"the Shawnee nation"
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Definition of 'nation' 
