🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

nación

Pronunciation / Transliteration: na-syon

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Nation/ˈneɪ.ʃən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"La nación celebró su día de independencia."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A large group of people who share a common language, culture, ethnicity, or history, often associated with a specific territory.

    "The nation celebrated its independence day with parades and fireworks."
  2. 2

    A politically organized body of people under a single government.

    "The nation enacted new laws to improve public health."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'nation' originates from the Latin 'natio', meaning 'birth' or 'race', which evolved through Old French 'nacion' before entering Middle English. Historically, it referred to a group of people sharing common characteristics, eventually shifting to denote a politically organized body of people.

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