OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 12303

nation

/ˈneɪʃən/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
estado
A sovereign state; (loosely, metonymic, proscribed) a country.
It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: […] perhaps to muse on the irr…
Though legally single nations, many states comprise several distinct cultural or ethnic groups.
sindicato
An association of students based on the birthplace or ethnicity of its members.
Once widespread across Europe in medieval times, nations are now largely restricted to the ancient universities of Sweden and Finland.
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