Nations ˈneɪʃn Fewer People African Affected Developing Food

• european/arab/asian nations
• the african nations have been particularly affected.
• developing nations need affordable access to drugs and medication.
• fewer and fewer people in industrialized nations actually know where their food comes from.

nation

1. a country considered as a group of people with the same language, culture and history, who live in a particular area under one government
• SEE ALSO rainbow nation
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/rainbow-nation
• European/Arab/Asian nations
• The African nations have been particularly affected.
• Developing nations need affordable access to drugs and medication.
• Fewer and fewer people in industrialized nations actually know where their food comes from.
• Leaders of the nations signed a declaration of support.
• This is an important moment in our nation's history.
• Germans celebrated yesterday in Berlin, the nation's capital.

Extra Examples

• The Soviet Union sent aid to the island nation of Cuba.
• They discussed how to revive the nation's economy.
• The Republic of Surinam was established as an independent nation in 1985.
• Russia was host nation for the 2018 World Cup.
• In 1950 the UK was the world's largest debtor nation and the US the largest creditor.
• The biggest task of the government was to address national unity and nation building.
• They hoped that the exhibition would enhance the cultural life of the nation.
• They wanted to create a new nation.
• economic inequality among the nations of the world
• swings in public opinion across the nation
• the imperialist expansion of Western nations in the 1880s
• the member nations of the UN
• the richest nation on earth
• the threat of attack from terrorists or rogue nations
• Leaders of the G8 leading industrial nations backed the plan.
• Tanzania, Kenya and other east African nations have been particularly affected.
• The leaders of some of the world's most powerful nations attended the meeting.
• The programme is aimed at training more doctors in developing nations.
• Sovereign nations have the right to control over their own natural resources.
2. all the people in a country
• SYNONYM population
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/population
• The entire nation, it seemed, was watching TV.
• They are a nation of food lovers.

Extra Examples

• The entire nation mourned her death.
• the savage murder that shocked the nation
• The fight against terrorism seemed to unite the nation.
• In the nation as a whole there is no desire for war.
• The new economic policies were in the best interests of the nation at large.

Word Origin

• Middle English: via Old French from Latin natio(n-), from nat- ‘born’, from the verb nasci.