nation
/ˈneɪʃən/noun
1- a large aggregate of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular state or territory民族; 国家：
leading industrialized nations.
最重要的工业化国家。
1.1
- a North American Indian people or confederation of peoples北美印第安部落（或联盟）。
短语
one nation
- often as modifier a nation not divided by social inequality一个国家, 不分贫富：
one-nation Tories.
主张天下大同的托利党人。
派生词
nationhood
noun词源
Middle English; via Old French from Latin natio（n-）, from nat- 'born', from the verb nasci.