nation (
http://definr.com/nation)
n 1: 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" [syn:
state,
country,
land,
commonwealth,
res publica,
body politic]
2: 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" [syn:
land,
country,
a people]
3: a federation of tribes (especially native American tribes);
"the Shawnee nation"
4: United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and
destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911)
[syn:
Nation,
Carry Nation,
Carry Amelia Moore Nation]