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Synonyms for nations

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ney-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˈneɪ ʃən

Top 10 synonyms for nations
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Définition of nations

Origin :
  • c.1300, from Old French nacion "birth, rank; descendants, relatives; country, homeland" (12c.) and directly from Latin nationem (nominative natio) "birth, origin; breed, stock, kind, species; race of people, tribe," literally "that which has been born," from natus, past participle of nasci "be born" (Old Latin gnasci; see genus). Political sense has gradually predominated, but earliest English examples inclined toward the racial meaning "large group of people with common ancestry." Older sense preserved in application to North American Indian peoples (1640s). Nation-building first attested 1907 (implied in nation-builder).
  • noun country with its own government
Example sentences :
  • He had united them and he had made them the first of all nations to worship a single God.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • It has been said that unsettled questions have no pity for the repose of nations.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • And to all nations, we will speak for the values that gave our nation birth.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • That this may be the case, the past history of other nations affords every reason to hope.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • We cherish our friendship with all nations that are or would be free.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • Instead, now we are building bonds with nations that once were our adversaries.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • And what other nations have you seen in your travels, good sir?
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • "When the Five Nations possessed the country, the buffaloes came to us," said the Onondaga.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • Along the eastern front of these nations it was softened to "Zowie!"
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • The average courage of the two nations may perhaps have been decided.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
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