English Dictionary

nation

/ˈneɪ̯.ʃən/

noun

A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed based on a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture.

The nation celebrated its independence with a grand parade.

意味（1）

A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed based on a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture.

The Roma are a nation without a country.

意味（2）

(international law) A sovereign state.

It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: […] perhaps to muse on the irrelevance of the borders that separate nation states and keep people from understanding their shared environment.

意味（3）

(chiefly historical) An association of students based on its members' birthplace or ethnicity.

Once widespread across Europe in medieval times, nations are now largely restricted to the ancient universities of Sweden and Finland.

意味（4）

(obsolete) A great number; a great deal.

[…]and what a nation of herbs he had procured to mollify her humours, &c. &c.[…]