nation

n 1: a politically organized body of people under a single

government; "the state has elected a new president"

[syn: {state}, {country}, {land}, {commonwealth}, {res

publica}, {body politic}]

2: the people of a nation or country or a community of persons

bound by a common heritage; "a nation of Catholics"; "the

whole country worshipped him" [syn: {nationality}, {land},

{country}, {a people}]

3: the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land

of his birth"; "he visited several European countries"

[syn: {country}, {state}, {land}]

4: a federation of tribes (especially native American tribes);

"the Shawnee nation"