Noun
1. 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"2. 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"3. a federation of tribes (especially native American tribes);
"the Shawnee nation"