Nation ˈneɪʃn African Entire World Noun Bre Independent

• an independent nation
• the african nations
• the entire nation, it seemed, was watching tv.
• france was host nation for the 1998 world cup.

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
• an independent nation
• the African nations
2. all the people in a country
• synonym population
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• The entire nation, it seemed, was watching TV.

Extra Examples

• France was host nation for the 1998 World Cup.
• In 1950 the UK was the world’s largest debtor nation and the US the largest creditor.
• In the nation as a whole there is no desire for war.
• The Soviet Union sent aid to the island nation of Cuba.
• The biggest task of the government was to address national unity and nation building.
• The entire nation mourned her death.
• The fight against terrorism seemed to unite the nation.
• The new economic policies were in the best interests of the nation at large.
• They are a nation of food lovers.
• 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 savage murder that shocked the nation
• 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.
• This is an important moment in our nation’s history.

Word Origin

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