Meaning of nation

(noun) 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"

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"

United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911)

a federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes); "the Shawnee nation"