Engelsk navneord: nation | |||
1. | nation (om gruppe) a politically organized body of people under a single government | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | 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. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | body politic, commonwealth, country, land, res publica, state | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | political entity, political unit | ||
Mere specifikke termer | ally, city state, city-state, commonwealth country, developing country, Dominion, foreign country, great power, major power, power, Reich, renegade state, rogue nation, rogue state, sea power, superpower, suzerain, world power | ||
Eksempler på forekomster af mere specifikke termer | Eelam, Tamil Eelam | ||
Omfatter disse specifikke termer | estate, estate of the realm, the three estates | ||
2. | nation (om gruppe) the people who live in a nation or country | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | A statement that sums up the nation's mood. The news was announced to the nation. The whole country worshipped him. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | country, land | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | people | ||
Mere specifikke termer | British, British people, Brits, Dutch, Dutch people, English, English people, French, French people, Irish, Irish people, Spanish, Spanish people, Swiss, Swiss people | ||
Tilhører disse specifikke termer | national, subject | ||
3. | Nation (om person) United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911) | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | Carry Amelia Moore Nation, Carry Nation | ||
Eksempler på forekomster af mindre specifikke termer | dry, prohibitionist | ||
4. | nation (om gruppe) a federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes) | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The Shawnee nation. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | confederacy, confederation, federation | ||
Mere specifikke termer | federation of tribes, tribe | ||
Overordnet (geografisk) region | America, the States, U.S., U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA | ||