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# nation

«nation» in Mova's school dictionary: **A country, with its people, land and government** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a nation, nations)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A country, with its people, land and government. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nation/#m1)

2) A large group of people who share a history, language and culture, even if they do not have their own country (for example, First Nations in Canada). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nation/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In geography, history and citizenship lessons: «the United Nations» (a group of almost all countries working for peace), «national anthem», «national flag», «the whole nation watched». In Canada «First Nations» are Indigenous peoples. Related words: «national», «nationality», «international».

### examples

- France is a nation in Europe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nation/#x1)
- The whole nation watched the final on TV. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nation/#x2)
- The United Nations works for peace between countries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nation/#x3)
- Each nation has its own flag. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nation/#x4)
- People from many nations came to the Olympics. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nation/#x5)
- First Nations people lived in Canada long before settlers arrived. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nation/#x6)
- The president spoke to the nation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nation/#x7)
- A stir ran through the whole youth of the nation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nation/#x8)

### note

Countable: a nation, nations. «Nation» stresses the people; «country» stresses the land; «state» stresses the government — but in everyday talk they often mean the same. Adjective «national», noun «nationality» (French, Irish, etc.).

### In the corpora

- ["Nation-building" means occupying a country (moving in with soldiers and taking control) and remaking its government.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/24-government-spin/8/)
- [When Europeans arrived in 1492, tens of millions of people lived in the Americas, in cities, farming villages and many nations.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/36-the-people-who-were-already-there/5/)
- [The Haudenosaunee Confederacy, also called the Iroquois, joined five, later six, nations in a lasting alliance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/36-the-people-who-were-already-there/10/)
- [The Haudenosaunee nations joined in a league of peace to settle quarrels by talking.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/17-native-peoples-of-north-america/5/)
- [But this is not only the past: millions of Native people live today, keeping their languages and nations alive.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/17-native-peoples-of-north-america/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «nation» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nation/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.