Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - nation

 noun  Etymology: Middle English nacioun, from Anglo-French naciun, from Latin ~-, natio birth, race, ~, from nasci to be born; akin to Latin gignere to beget — more at kin  Date: 14th century  1.  a.  (1) ~ality 5a  (2) a politically organized ~ality  (3) a non-Jewish ~ality why do the ~s conspire — Psalms 2:1 (Revised Standard Version)  b. a community of people composed of one or more ~alities and possessing a more or less defined territory and government  c. a territorial division containing a body of people of one or more ~alities and usually characterized by relatively large size and independent status  2. archaic group, aggregation  3. a tribe or federation of tribes (as of American Indians) NATION  biographical name Carry Amelia 1846-1911 nee Moore American temperance agitator