nation

Definition

  • noun: a large area of land that is controlled by its own government
  • noun: a politically organized 'nationality'
  • synonyms: everyman, john doe, public

Examples

  • It's one of the richest/poorest 'nations' in the world.

  • The President will speak to 'the nation' tonight.

  • the largest state/province in the 'nation'

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) to craft, you hear me? You think you're jugglin', Martin? I'm jugglin', too. I am a preacher from Atlanta. You are the man who won the presidency of the world's most powerful nation by the greatest landslide in history four months ago. And you are the man dismantling your own legacy (..)
    2014 Selma
  • (..) it's a hard road. But I don't think of it that way. I think of these efforts as one effort. And that one effort is for our life. Our life as a community. Our life as a nation. For our lives. We can do this. We must do this! We see children become victims of one (..)
    2014 Selma