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(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English nation, nacioun from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French nation, nacion from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin nationem, accusative of natio, (g)natio "nation, race, birth" from (g)natus, past participle stem of (g)nasci “to be born”. Displaced native Template:enm theode, thede "nation" (from Template:ang þēod), Template:enm burthe "birth, nation, race, nature", Template:enm leod, leode, lede "people, race" (from Template:ang lēod).

nation (plural nations)

1. A group of people sharing aspects of language, culture and/or ethnicity.

   The Roma are a nation without a country.

2. A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed on the basis of a common language, territory, economic life, and psychological make-up manifested in a common culture

   The Kurdish people constitute a nation in the Middle East

3. Template:legal (international law) A sovereign state.

   Though legally single nations, many states comprise several distinct cultural or ethnic groups.

Template:British Following the establishment of the Scottish and Welsh parliaments, England, Scotland and Wales are normally considered distinct nations. Application of the term nation to the United Kingdom as a whole is deprecated in most style guides, including the BBC, most newspapers and in UK Government publications. Northern Ireland, being of less clear legal status, generally remains a province.

• nation building
• nation-state
• United Nations
• First Nations

• country
• culture
• homeland
• ethnicity
• people
• race
• society
• state

Probably short for damnation

nation

1. Damnation.

nation

1. Template:chiefly Extremely; very

   I'm nation sorry for you. -- Mark Twain

• "Notable and Quotable," Merriam Webster Online Newsletter (November, 2005) [1] (as accessed on December 23, 2005).

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nation f (plural nations)

1. nation

• national

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