Definition Merriam Webster
Definition of nation
1 a (1) : nationality 5a
(3) : a non-Jewish nationality
3 : a tribe or federation of tribes (as of American Indians)
Definition of nation
1 a (1) : nationality 5a
- three Slav peoples … forged into a Yugoslavia without really fusing into a Yugoslav nation
- —Hans Kohn
(3) : a non-Jewish nationality
- why do the nations conspire
- —Psalms 2:1 (Revised Standard Version)
- Canada is a nation with a written constitution
- —B. K. Sandwell
- a nation of vast size with a small population
- —Mary K. Hammond
3 : a tribe or federation of tribes (as of American Indians)
- the Seminole Nation in Oklahoma