Synonyms:
state, nation, country, land, commonwealth, res_publica, body_politic
Meaning: a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land"
Synonyms:
nation, land, country
Meaning: the people who live in a nation or country; "a statement that sums up the nation's mood"; "the news was announced to the nation"; "the whole country worshipped him"
Usage examples
NATION.
Never was a nation more completely devoted to a single cause.
Oh, no, indeed; it was men's business to keep the nation out of war.
As a people, they can live without food much longer than any other nation.
Social prosperity means the man happy, the citizen free, the nation great.
They have a governor of their own nation, but pay large tribute to the Dutch.
These differences are broadly stated; there are contrasts within every nation.
"In this cup, which I drink on behalf of the nation, I pledge you, my people."
And how mighty must have been the parent nation of which this Egypt was a colony!
How King Edwin and his nation became Christians; and where Paulinus baptized them.