the people who live in a nation or country; "a statement that sums up the nation''s mood"; "the news was announced to the nation"; "the whole country worshipped him" पर्याय: land, country,
a politically organized body of people under a single government; "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" पर्याय: state, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic,
a federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes); "the Shawnee nation"