nation

1. A politically organized body of people under a single government (synset 108185877)
   "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land"
   is a type of: political entity, political unit - a unit with political responsibilities
   subtypes:

   • commonwealth country - any of the countries in the British Commonwealth
   • developing country - a country that is poor and whose citizens are mostly agricultural workers but that wants to become more advanced socially and economically
   • dominion - one of the self-governing nations in the British Commonwealth
   • foreign country - any state of which one is not a citizen
   • reich - the German state
   • renegade state, rogue nation, rogue state - a state that does not respect other states in its international actions
   • suzerain - a state exercising a degree of dominion over a dependent state especially in its foreign affairs
   • sea power - a nation that possesses formidable naval strength
   • great power, major power, power, superpower, world power - a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world
   • city state, city-state - a state consisting of a sovereign city
   • ally - a friendly nation
   specific instances: eelam, tamil eelam - the independent state that the Tamil Tigers have fought for
   has: estate, estate of the realm, the three estates - a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights
   same as: body politic, commonwealth, country, land, res publica, state
2. The people who live in a nation or country (synset 108183451)
   "a statement that sums up the nation's mood"; "the news was announced to the nation"; "the whole country worshipped him"
   is a type of: people - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
   subtypes:

   • dutch, dutch people - the people of the Netherlands
   • british, british people, brits - the people of Great Britain
   • english, english people - the people of England
   • irish, irish people - people of Ireland or of Irish extraction
   • french, french people - the people of France
   • spanish, spanish people - the people of Spain
   • swiss, swiss people - the natives or inhabitants of Switzerland
   member holonym: national, subject - a person who owes allegiance to that nation
   same as: country, land
3. United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911) (synset 111221051)
   is an instance of: dry, prohibitionist - a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
   same as: carry amelia moore nation, carry nation
4. A federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes) (synset 108320622)
   "the Shawnee nation"
   domain region: america, the states, u.s., u.s.a., united states, united states of america, us, usa - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
   is a type of: confederacy, confederation, federation - a union of political organizations
   subtypes: federation of tribes, tribe - a federation (as of American Indians)

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