Nation — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a politically organized body of people under a single government

the people who live in a nation or country

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/nˈeɪʃən/

🇬🇧British English

/nˈeɪʃən/

🇮🇳Indian English

/nˈeɪʃən/

2 syllables Say it as /nˈeɪʃən/.

Examples

the state has elected a new president
African nations
students who had come to the nation's capitol

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

Carry Nation Carry Amelia Moore Nation body politic state commonwealth land country res publica

Parts of Speech

noun	a politically organized body of people under a single government “the state has elected a new president”
noun	the people who live in a nation or country “a statement that sums up the nation's mood”
noun	United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911)
noun	a federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes) “the Shawnee nation”

Around the World

Europe

🇪🇸Spanish

nación

un cuerpo de personas políticamente organizado bajo un solo gobierno

🇮🇹Italian

nazione

un corpo di persone politicamente organizzato sotto un unico governo

🇳🇱Dutch

natie

een politiek georganiseerd geheel van mensen onder één enkele regering

🇵🇹Portuguese

nação

um corpo de pessoas politicamente organizado sob um único governo

🇷🇺Russian

нация

политически организованная группа людей под единым правительством

India

🇮🇳Hindi

राष्ट्र

एक ही सरकार के अधीन लोगों का राजनीतिक रूप से संगठित निकाय

🇧🇩Bengali

জাতি

একক সরকারের অধীনে জনগণের একটি রাজনৈতিকভাবে সংগঠিত সংস্থা

🇮🇳Tamil

நாடு

ஒரே அரசாங்கத்தின் கீழ் அரசியல் ரீதியாக ஒழுங்கமைக்கப்பட்ட மக்கள் அமைப்பு

🇮🇳Telugu

దేశం

ఒకే ప్రభుత్వం క్రింద రాజకీయంగా వ్యవస్థీకృత వ్యక్తుల సంఘం

🇮🇳Marathi

राष्ट्र

एकाच सरकारच्या अंतर्गत लोकांची राजकीयदृष्ट्या संघटित संस्था

🇮🇳Gujarati

રાષ્ટ્ર

એક જ સરકાર હેઠળ લોકોની રાજકીય રીતે સંગઠિત સંસ્થા

🇮🇳Kannada

ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರ

ಒಂದೇ ಸರ್ಕಾರದ ಅಡಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ರಾಜಕೀಯವಾಗಿ ಸಂಘಟಿತ ಜನರ ದೇಹ

🇮🇳Malayalam

രാഷ്ട്രം

ഒരൊറ്റ ഗവൺമെൻ്റിന് കീഴിലുള്ള ഒരു രാഷ്ട്രീയ സംഘടിത ജനസമൂഹം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਕੌਮ

ਇੱਕ ਸਰਕਾਰ ਦੇ ਅਧੀਨ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਦੀ ਇੱਕ ਸਿਆਸੀ ਤੌਰ 'ਤੇ ਸੰਗਠਿਤ ਸੰਸਥਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

قوم

ایک ہی حکومت کے تحت لوگوں کا سیاسی طور پر منظم ادارہ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

国家

单一政府领导下的政治组织的人民团体

🇯🇵Japanese

国家

単一の政府の下で政治的に組織された人々の集団

🇰🇷Korean

국가

단일 정부 아래 정치적으로 조직된 사람들의 집단

🇻🇳Vietnamese

Quốc gia

một cơ quan tổ chức chính trị của người dân dưới một chính phủ duy nhất

🇹🇭Thai

ชาติ

กลุ่มคนที่จัดระเบียบทางการเมืองภายใต้รัฐบาลเดียว

🇮🇩Indonesian

bangsa

kumpulan orang-orang yang terorganisir secara politik di bawah satu pemerintahan

🇵🇭Filipino

bansa

isang politically organized body of people sa ilalim ng iisang gobyerno

🇲🇾Malay

bangsa

sekumpulan orang yang tersusun secara politik di bawah satu kerajaan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

أمة

مجموعة منظمة سياسيا من الناس تحت حكومة واحدة

🇮🇷Persian

ملت

یک بدنه سازمان یافته سیاسی از مردم تحت یک دولت واحد

🇹🇷Turkish

ulus

tek bir hükümet altında politik olarak örgütlenmiş insanlardan oluşan bir grup

🇮🇱Hebrew

אוּמָה

גוף מאורגן פוליטית של אנשים תחת ממשלה אחת

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