🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

Nazioni

Pronunciation / Transliteration: na-tsjo-ni

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Nations/ˈneɪ.ʃənz/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #800 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Le nazioni del mondo si sono riunite per discutere del cambiamento climatico."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A large group of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular country or territory.

    "The nations of the world gathered to discuss climate change."
  2. 2

    A politically organized body of people under a single government.

    "The United Nations aims to promote peace among nations."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'nations' derives from the Latin 'natio', meaning 'birth' or 'race', which evolved into the Old French 'nacion'. The term has historically shifted from denoting a group of people born in the same place to its modern usage, referring to politically organized communities or states.

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