nation

noun

Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite

Line style: core relation; instance, member or derived; substance, domain or see-also

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Senses

a politically organized body of people under a single government

the state has elected a new president

the people who live in a nation or country

a statement that sums up the nation's mood

a federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes)

the Shawnee nation

Sense	Relation	Group	Word
1	part meronym	Parts & wholes	estate of the realm
1	hypernym	Types & categories	political unit
1	hyponym	Types & categories	commonwealth country
1	hyponym	Types & categories	developing country
1	hyponym	Types & categories	Dominion
1	hyponym	Types & categories	foreign country
1	hyponym	Types & categories	Reich
1	hyponym	Types & categories	rogue state
1	hyponym	Types & categories	suzerain
1	hyponym	Types & categories	sea power
1	hyponym	Types & categories	world power
1	hyponym	Types & categories	city state
1	hyponym	Types & categories	ally
1	instance hyponym	Types & categories	Eelam
2	member meronym	Parts & wholes	national
2	hypernym	Types & categories	people
2	hyponym	Types & categories	Dutch
2	hyponym	Types & categories	British
2	hyponym	Types & categories	English people
2	hyponym	Types & categories	Irish
2	hyponym	Types & categories	French people
2	hyponym	Types & categories	Spanish people
2	hyponym	Types & categories	Swiss
3	domain region	Related & opposite	United States
3	hypernym	Types & categories	confederation
3	hyponym	Types & categories	federation of tribes