nation
noun · adverb · adjectiveA2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(collective)A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed based on a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture.
The Roma are a nation without a country.
pre-Columbian nations
- 2.
(metonymically)(international law, metonymic) A sovereign state; (loosely, metonymic, proscribed) a country.
Though legally single nations, many states comprise several distinct cultural or ethnic groups.
- 3.
(historical)(chiefly historical) An association of students based on the birthplace or ethnicity of its members.
Once widespread across Europe in medieval times, nations are now largely restricted to the ancient universities of Sweden and Finland.
Đồng nghĩa: student nation
- 4.
(obsolete)A great number; a great deal.
- 5.
In North America, an Indigenous people with federal and/or state recognition as such and (often also) their federally recognized territory.
The Choctaw Nation is the third-largest federally recognized tribe in the United States and the second-largest Indian reservation in area.
The term Navajo Nation refers both to the people and to their territory.
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(rare)Damnation.
O nation!.. if I were a man, […]
Trạng từ
adverb- 1.
(dialectal, rare)Extremely, very.
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(dialectal, rare)An intensifier; extreme, great.
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From Middle English nacioun,nacion, from Old French nacion, from Latin nātiōnem, accusative of nātiō (nation). þēod.