Nation
[ ney-shuh n ]
/ ˈneɪ ʃən /
noun
Carry or Carrie (Amelia Moore),1846–1911,
U.S. temperance leader.
British Dictionary definitions for carrie nation
nation
/ (ˈneɪʃən) /
noun
an aggregation of people or peoples of one or more cultures, races, etc, organized into a single state
the Australian nation
a community of persons not constituting a state but bound by common descent, language, history, etc
the French-Canadian nation
- a federation of tribes, esp American Indians
- the territory occupied by such a federation
Derived forms of nation
nationhood, noun nationless, adjectiveWord Origin for nation
C13: via Old French from Latin
nātiō birth, tribe, from
nascī to be born