Meaning & Definition of Nation in English

1. 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. 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. United states prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911)

4. A federation of tribes (especially native american tribes)

• "The shawnee nation"