Nation

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Nation (plural Nations)

1. A surname.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Nation”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 652.
• Forebears

• anoint, Tonian

Borrowed from Latin nātiō.

• IPA^(key): /na.ˈt͡si̯oːn/

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Nation f (genitive Nation, plural Nationen)

1. nation (community of people)

   Synonym: Volk

2. nation (a sovereign state)

• national
• Kulturnation
• Staatsnation
• Vereinte Nationen

• “Nation” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Nation” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Nation” in Duden online
• Nation on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• Prowe, Gunhild with Schneider, Jill (1995) The Oxford Paperback German Dictionary & Grammar, New York: Oxford University Press, page page 163