Entry Word: nation

Function: noun

Meaning: a body of people composed of one or more nationalities usually with its own territory and government <the American people became one nation when they adopted the Constitution in 1789>

Synonyms commonwealth, country, land, sovereignty, state

Related Words city-state; domain, dominion, empire, kingdom, realm, republic; duchy, dukedom, principality, seigniory (or seignory), sultanate; democracy, dictatorship, monarchy, oligarchy, sovereign, theocracy; colony, dependency, province, settlement, soil; fatherland, homeland, motherland; power, superpower