definition of
nation

[1] #1 nation n. [state, 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". wn

[2] #2 nation n. [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". wn

[3] #3 nation n. [Nation, Carry Nation, Carry Amelia Moore Nation] United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911). wn

[4] #4 nation n. a federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes); "the Shawnee nation". wn