Definitions of nation:

  • noun:   the people who live in a nation or country
    Example: "A statement that sums up the nation's mood"
  • noun:   a federation of tribes (especially native American tribes)
    Example: "The Shawnee nation"
  • noun:   United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911)
  • noun:   a politically organized body of people under a single government
    Example: "African nations"
  • name:  A surname (rare: 1 in 33333 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #4222)