nation

nation
noun
  1. a large aggregate of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular state or territory
    民族;国家
    leading industrialized nations.
    最重要的工业化国家。
    ■a North American Indian people or confederation of peoples
    北美印第安民族(或部落)
常用词组
one nation
  1. [often as modifier]a nation not divided by social inequality
    一个国家,不分贫富
    one-nation Tories.
    主张天下大同的托利党人。
派生
nationhood
noun
语源
  1. Middle English; via Old French from Latin natio(n-), from nat- 'born', from the verb nasci
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