Look up: nation

1. nation
   [n] - United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911) 2. [n] - a federation of tribes (especially native American tribes) 3. [n] - the people who live in a nation or country
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2. Nation
   Na'tion noun [ French nation , Latin natio nation, race, orig., a being born, from natus , past participle of nasci , to be born, for gnatus , gnasci , from the same root as English kin . √44. See...
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3. nation
   1. <ethnology> A part, or division, of the people of the earth, distinguished from the rest by common descent, language, or institutions; a race; a stock. 'All nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues.' (Rev. Vii. 9) ... 2. The body of inhabitants of a country, united under an independen...
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4. Nation
   Carry Nation noun United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911)
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5. Nation
   • (n.) A great number; a great deal; -- by way of emphasis; as, a nation of herbs. • (n.) A part, or division, of the people of the earth, distinguished from the rest by common descent, language, or institutions; a race; a stock. • (n.) One of the divisions of university students in a...
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6. nation
   (from the article `tribe`) ...ceremonial activities. Tribes are usually composed of a number of smaller local communities (e.g., bands, villages, or neighborhoods) and may be ...
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7. nation
   in medieval education, the basic organizational form of early European universities. A nation was formed when groups of students from a particular ... [1 related articles]
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8. Nation
   As used in international economics, a nation is almost invariably a country, or occasionally a similar entity (e.g., Hong Kong) with a single, usually independent government.
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9. nation
   Individuals whose common identity creates a psychological bond and a political community.
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10. Nation
    A nation is a body of people, organised into a single state. One of the most characteristic of the ideas of the Age of the Renaissance was that of the Nation and its sovereign independence - an idea still very active in our own days. The Middle Ages had been dominated by the Catholic ideal of world ...
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11. Nation
    Broadly speaking a `nation` may refer to a community of people who share a common territory and government; and who often share a common language, race, descent, and/or history.<ref name="Dictionary" /> It can also refer to the inhabitants of a sovereign state irrespective of the...
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12. Nation
    (album) `Nation` is the eighth studio album by Brazilian heavy metal band Sepultura, released in 2001 through Roadrunner Records. Nation features guest appearances from artists such as Hatebreed singer Jamey Jasta, Dead Kennedys singer Jello Biafra, Ill Niño singer Cristian M...
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13. Nation
    (nightclub) `Nation` (formally `The Capital Ballroom`) was a live music/club venue, located at 1015 Half Street SE, in the Navy Yard/Near Southeast neighborhood, of Washington, D.C. It was larger than any other club in the D.C. area, with three levels indoors and a multi-level outdoor patio. ...
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14. Nation
    (university) A `nation` (Latin: natio meaning being born.-->) are regional corporations of students at a university, once widespread across Europe in medieval times, they are now largely restricted to the ancient universities of Sweden and Finland. The students, who were all bor...
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