1. (

• state ,
• nation ,
• country ,
• land ,
• commonwealth ,
• res_publica ,
• body_politic

) 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" ;

2. (

• nation ,
• land ,
• country ,

) 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" ;

3. (

• Nation ,
• Carry_Nation ,
• Carry_Amelia_Moore_Nation

) United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911) ;

4. (

• nation ,

) a federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes); "the Shawnee nation" ;