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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024na•tion•hood (nā′shən hŏŏd′),USA pronunciation n. - the state or quality of having status as a separate and independent nation:an African colony that achieved nationhood.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024na•tion /ˈneɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Governmenta body of people, living in a particular territory, that is unified by birth, culture, race, language, or society, and often has its own government.
- Governmentthe territory or country itself.
- Anthropologyan American Indian group or tribe, esp. a member tribe of an American Indian confederation.
na•tion•hood, n. [uncountable]See -nat-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024na•tion (nā′shən),USA pronunciation n. - Governmenta large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own:The president spoke to the nation about the new tax.
- Governmentthe territory or country itself:the nations of Central America.
- Anthropologya member tribe of an American Indian confederation.
- an aggregation of persons of the same ethnic family, often speaking the same language or cognate languages.
- Latin nātiōn- (stem of nātiō) birth, tribe, equivalent. to nāt(us) (past participle of nāscī to be born) + -iōn- -ion
- Middle English 1250–1300
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See race 2.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged state, commonwealth, kingdom, realm.
Na•tion (nā′shən),USA pronunciation n. - Biographical Carry or Carrie (Amelia Moore), 1846–1911, U.S. temperance leader.
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