nation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

• nā'shən
  Play
• /ˈneɪʃən/
  Play
• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  Play
• rhymes with -eɪʃən
  Play
• CMU ARPABET: N EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  Play

Short for damnation or tarnation.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh1- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh1tisder. Proto-Italic *gnātiō Latin nātiōbor. Old French nacionbor. Middle English nacioun English nation From Middle English nacioun, nacion, from Old French nacion, from Latin nātiōnem, accusative of nātiō (“nation”). Displaced Old English þēod.

346 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: nasie — community of people
• Afrikaans: volk — community of people
• Albanian: komb — community of people
• Southern Altai: эл (el) — community of people
• Southern Altai: калык (kalïk) — community of people
• Southern Altai: улус (ulus) — community of people
• Southern Altai: јурт (ǰurt) — community of people
• Southern Altai: аймак (aymak) — community of people
• Amharic: ብሔር (bəḥer) — community of people
• Arabic: أُمَّة (ʔumma) — community of people
• Arabic: قَوْم (qawm) — community of people
• Aramaic: ܐܘܡܬܐ (ʾumməṯā) — community of people
• Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: אוּמְּתָא (ʾumməṯā) — community of people
• Armenian: ազգ (azg) — community of people
• Armenian: ժողովուրդ (žoġovurd) — community of people
• Azerbaijani: millət — community of people
• Bashkir: милләт (millət) — community of people
• Belarusian: на́цыя (nácyja) — community of people
• Belarusian: наро́д (naród) — community of people
• Bengali: কওম (koōm) — community of people
• Bengali: মিল্লত (millot) — community of people
• Bengali: উম্মত (ummot) — community of people
• Breton: broad — community of people
• Bulgarian: на́ция (nácija) — community of people
• Bulgarian: наро́д (naród) — community of people
• Burmese: လူမျိုးသည် (lu-myui:sany) — community of people
• Burmese: လူမျိုး (lu-myui:) — community of people
• Burmese: ပြည်သူပြည်သား (pranysu-pranysa:) — community of people
• Catalan: nació — community of people
• Cebuano: nasod — community of people
• Chavacano: nacion — community of people
• Cherokee: ᎠᏰᎵᎯ (ayelihi) — community of people
• Cherokee: ᎠᏰᎵᎤᏙᏢᏒ (ayeliudotlvsv) — community of people
• Chichewa: fuko — community of people
• Chinese Cantonese: 人民 (jan4 man4) — community of people
• Chinese Cantonese: 國民 /国民 (gwok3 man4) — community of people
• Chinese: жынмин (řɨnmin) — community of people
• Eastern Min Chinese: 人民 (ìng-mìng) — community of people
• Eastern Min Chinese: 國民 /国民 (guók-mìng) — community of people
• Gan Chinese: 人民 (liin4 min4) — community of people
• Hakka Chinese: 人民 (ngìn-mìn) — community of people
• Hakka Chinese: 國民 /国民 (koet-mìn) — community of people
• Chinese: 人民 (zh-min-nan) — community of people
• Chinese: 國民 /国民 (zh-min-nan) — community of people
• Jin Chinese: 人民 (zeng1 ming1) — community of people
• Jin Chinese: 國民 /国民 (gueh6 ming1) — community of people
• Chinese Mandarin: 人民 (rénmín) — community of people
• Chinese Mandarin: 國民 /国民 (guómín) — community of people
• Northern Min Chinese: 人民 (nêng-měng) — community of people
• Wu Chinese: 人民 (6zen-min6) — community of people
• Wu Chinese: 國民 /国民 (7koq-min) — community of people
• Xiang Chinese: 人民 (ren2 min2) — community of people
• Xiang Chinese: 國民 /国民 (gue6 min2) — community of people
• Chukchi: варат (varat) — community of people
• West Circassian: цӏыфы лъэпкъ (cʼəfə lsɛpq) — community of people
• Ngazidja Comorian: twaifa — community of people
• Czech: národ — community of people
• Danish: nation — community of people
• Dutch: natie — community of people
• Dutch: volk — community of people
• Esperanto: nacio — community of people
• Estonian: natsioon — community of people
• Estonian: rahvus — community of people
• Faroese: tjóð — community of people
• Finnish: kansa — community of people
• French: nation — community of people
• Galician: nación — community of people
• Georgian: ერი (eri) — community of people
• Georgian: ნაცია (nacia) — community of people
• Georgian: ხალხი (xalxi) — community of people
• German: Volk — community of people
• German: Nation — community of people
• Gothic: 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌹 (reiki) — community of people
• Greek: έθνος (éthnos) — community of people
• Ancient Greek: ἔθνος (éthnos) — community of people
• Haitian Creole: nasyon — community of people
• Hawaiian: lāhui — community of people
• Hebrew: אומה \ אֻמָּה (umá) — community of people
• Hebrew: לְאוֹם (l'om) — community of people
• Hiligaynon: pungsud — community of people
• Hiligaynon: nasyon — community of people
• Hindi: समाज (samāj) — community of people
• Hindi: क़ौम (qaum) — community of people
• Hindi: मिल्लत (millat) — community of people
• Hungarian: nemzet — community of people
• Icelandic: þjóð — community of people
• Ido: naciono — community of people
• Ilocano: nasion — community of people
• Ilocano: pagilian — community of people
• Indonesian: bangsa — community of people
• Ingrian: rahvas — community of people
• Ingrian: kansa — community of people
• Ingush: халкъ (xalqʼ) — community of people
• Interlingua: nation — community of people
• Irish: náisiún — community of people
• Italian: nazione — community of people
• Japanese: 国民 (kokumin) — community of people
• Javanese: bangsa — community of people
• Pa'o Karen: လိုꩻခွိုꩻ — community of people
• Pa'o Karen: ခမ်းသားထီသား — community of people
• Kazakh: ұлт (ūlt) — community of people
• Kazakh: ұлыс (ūlys) — community of people
• Khmer: រាស្ត្រ (riəh) — community of people
• Khmer: ប្រជាជន (prɑɑciəcŭən) — community of people
• Khmer: ពលរដ្ឋ (pŭəllĕəʼrŏət) — community of people
• Khmer: ប្រជាជាតិ (prɑɑciə ciət) — community of people
• Khmer: រដ្ឋ (rŏət) — community of people
• Khmer: ជាតិ (ciət) — community of people
• Khmer: ប្រជា (prɑɑciə) — community of people
• Korean: 국민 (gungmin) — community of people
• Central Kurdish: نەتەوە (netewe) — community of people
• Kyrgyz: улут (ulut) — community of people
• Kyrgyz: журт (jurt) — community of people
• Lao: ປະຊາຊົນ (pa sā son) — community of people
• Lao: ປະຊາຊາດ (pa sā sāt) — community of people
• Latgalian: tauta — community of people
• Latin: gēns — community of people
• Latvian: nācija — community of people
• Latvian: tauta — community of people
• Ligurian: naçión — community of people
• Lithuanian: nacija — community of people
• Lithuanian: tauta — community of people
• Lithuanian: tautybė — community of people
• Livvi: kanzu — community of people
• Low German: Volk — community of people
• Low German: Natschoon — community of people
• Lushootseed: swatixwtəd — community of people
• Macedonian: нација (nacija) — community of people
• Macedonian: народ (narod) — community of people
• Malay: bangsa — community of people
• Malayalam: രാജ്യം (rājyaṁ) — community of people
• Manchu: ᡠᡵᠰᡝ (urse) — community of people
• Manx: ashoon — community of people
• Māori: iwi — community of people
• Middle English: nacioun — community of people
• Mongolian: үндэстэн (ündesten) — community of people
• Mongolian: ᠦᠨᠳᠦᠰᠦᠲᠡᠨ (ündüsüten) — community of people
• Norman: nâtion — community of people
• Norwegian Bokmål: nasjon — community of people
• Norwegian Nynorsk: nasjon — community of people
• Occitan: nacion — community of people
• Church Slavic: народъ (narodŭ) — community of people
• Old East Slavic: народъ (narodŭ) — community of people
• Old English: þēod — community of people
• Pali: raṭṭha — community of people
• Pashto: ملت (millat) — community of people
• Pashto: ولس (wolᶕs) — community of people
• Persian: مِلَّت (mellat) — community of people
• Plautdietsch: Volkj (nds) — community of people
• Polish: naród — community of people
• Polish: nacja — community of people
• Portuguese: nação — community of people
• Romanian: națiune — community of people
• Romansh: naziun — community of people
• Russian: на́ция (nácija) — community of people
• Russian: наро́д (naród) — community of people
• Sanskrit: राष्ट्र (rāṣṭra) — community of people
• Scots: thede — community of people
• Scottish Gaelic: nàisean — community of people
• Serbo-Croatian: на́род — community of people
• Serbo-Croatian: на̑ција — community of people
• Serbo-Croatian: národ — community of people
• Serbo-Croatian: nȃcija — community of people
• Slovak: národ — community of people
• Slovene: narod — community of people
• Somali: qaran — community of people
• Somali: ummad — community of people
• Lower Sorbian: narod — community of people
• Lower Sorbian: nacija — community of people
• Upper Sorbian: narod — community of people
• Upper Sorbian: nacija — community of people
• Sotho: setjhaba — community of people
• Sotho: sechaba — community of people
• Spanish: nación — community of people
• Swahili: taifa — community of people
• Swedish: nation — community of people
• Tagalog: bansa — community of people
• Tagalog: lipunan — community of people
• Tajik: миллат (millat) — community of people
• Tamil: நாடு (nāṭu) — community of people
• Tatar: милләт (millät) — community of people
• Telugu: జాతి (jāti) — community of people
• Thai: ประชาชน (bprà-chaa-chon) — community of people
• Thai: ประชาชาติ (bprà-chaa-châat) — community of people
• Tumbuka: fuko — community of people
• Turkish: millet — community of people
• Turkish: ulus — community of people
• Ottoman Turkish: ایل (il) — community of people
• Ottoman Turkish: ملت (millet) — community of people
• Ottoman Turkish: قوم (kavm, kavim) — community of people
• Turkmen: millet — community of people
• Turkmen: ýurt — community of people
• Ukrainian: на́ція (nácija) — community of people
• Ukrainian: наро́д (naród) — community of people
• Urdu: قَوم (qaum) — community of people
• Uyghur: مىللەت (millet) — community of people
• Uzbek: millat — community of people
• Uzbek: ulus — community of people
• Vietnamese: dân tộc — community of people
• Vietnamese: quốc dân — community of people
• Welsh: cenedl — community of people
• Yiddish: פֿאָלק (folk) — community of people
• Afrikaans: nasie — sovereign state
• Afrikaans: staat — sovereign state
• Albanian: shtet — sovereign state
• Amharic: መንግሥት (mängəśt) — sovereign state
• Amharic: ሃገር (hagär) — sovereign state
• Arabic: دَوْلَة (dawla) — sovereign state
• Arabic: وَطَن (waṭan) — sovereign state
• Armenian: պետություն (petutʻyun) — sovereign state
• Armenian: երկիր (erkir) — sovereign state
• Azerbaijani: dövlət — sovereign state
• Bashkir: ил (il) — sovereign state
• Bashkir: дәүләт (dəwlət) — sovereign state
• Belarusian: дзяржа́ва (dzjaržáva) — sovereign state
• Belarusian: на́цыя (nácyja) — sovereign state
• Bengali: রাষ্ট্র (raśṭro) — sovereign state
• Bengali: জাতি (jati) — sovereign state
• Central Bikol: nasyon — sovereign state
• Bulgarian: държа́ва (dǎržáva) — sovereign state
• Burmese: နိုင်ငံ (nuingngam) — sovereign state
• Catalan: estat — sovereign state
• Cebuano: nasod — sovereign state
• Chavacano: nacion — sovereign state
• Chichewa: dziko — sovereign state
• Chinese Cantonese: 國家 /国家 (gwok3 gaa1) — sovereign state
• Chinese: гуйҗя (guyjia) — sovereign state
• Eastern Min Chinese: 國家 /国家 (guók-gă) — sovereign state
• Hakka Chinese: 國家 /国家 (koet-kâ) — sovereign state
• Chinese: 國家 /国家 (zh-min-nan) — sovereign state
• Chinese Mandarin: 國家 /国家 (guójiā) — sovereign state
• Northern Min Chinese: 國家 /国家 (gŏ-gá) — sovereign state
• Wu Chinese: 國家 /国家 — sovereign state
• Crimean Tatar: devlet — sovereign state
• Czech: stát — sovereign state
• Danish: stat — sovereign state
• Dutch: natie — sovereign state
• Dutch: staat — sovereign state
• Estonian: riik — sovereign state
• Finnish: kansakunta — sovereign state
• Finnish: valtio — sovereign state
• Finnish: kansa — sovereign state
• French: état — sovereign state
• French: État — sovereign state
• French: Etat — sovereign state
• Galician: estado — sovereign state
• Georgian: სახელმწიფო (saxelmc̣ipo) — sovereign state
• German: Staat — sovereign state
• Greek: κράτος (krátos) — sovereign state
• Greek: καθεστώς (kathestós) — sovereign state
• Hebrew: מדינה \ מְדִינָה (mediná) — sovereign state
• Hebrew: אֻמָּה (ummá) — sovereign state
• Hiligaynon: pungsud — sovereign state
• Hiligaynon: nasyon — sovereign state
• Hindi: राज्य (rājya) — sovereign state
• Hindi: राष्ट्र (rāṣṭra) — sovereign state
• Hindi: जाति (jāti) — sovereign state
• Hungarian: ország — sovereign state
• Hungarian: állam — sovereign state
• Icelandic: ríki — sovereign state
• Ilocano: nasion — sovereign state
• Indonesian: negara — sovereign state
• Irish: stát — sovereign state
• Italian: stato — sovereign state
• Italian: nazione — sovereign state
• Japanese: 国家 (kokka) — sovereign state
• Pa'o Karen: ခမ်းထီ — sovereign state
• Kazakh: мемлекет (memleket) — sovereign state
• Khmer: រដ្ឋ (rŏət) — sovereign state
• Khmer: ប្រទេស (prɑɑteih) — sovereign state
• Korean: 국가 (gukga) — sovereign state
• Kyrgyz: мамлекет (mamleket) — sovereign state
• Lao: ລັດ (lat) — sovereign state
• Lao: ຊາດ (sāt) — sovereign state
• Lao: ປະເທດ (pa thēt) — sovereign state
• Latin: natio — sovereign state
• Latvian: valsts — sovereign state
• Lithuanian: valstybė — sovereign state
• Low German: Staat — sovereign state
• Low German: Stoot — sovereign state
• Macedonian: држава (država) — sovereign state
• Malay: bangsa — sovereign state
• Malay: negara — sovereign state
• Manchu: ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ (gurun) — sovereign state
• Manchu: ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ ᠪᠣᠣ (gurun boo) — sovereign state
• Marathi: राष्ट्र (rāṣṭra) — sovereign state
• Mongolian: улс гурэн (uls guren) — sovereign state
• Mongolian: улс (uls) — sovereign state
• Norwegian Bokmål: stat — sovereign state
• Norwegian Nynorsk: stat — sovereign state
• Church Slavic: землꙗ (zemlja) — sovereign state
• Church Slavic: страна (strana) — sovereign state
• Old East Slavic: землꙗ (zemlja) — sovereign state
• Old East Slavic: краина (kraina) — sovereign state
• Old English: þēod — sovereign state
• Oromo: biyya — sovereign state
• Pashto: دولت (dawlát) — sovereign state
• Dari: دَوْلَت (dawlat) — sovereign state
• Iranian Persian: دُوْلَت (dowlat) — sovereign state
• Plautdietsch: Launt (nds) — sovereign state
• Polish: stan — sovereign state
• Polish: nacja — sovereign state
• Portuguese: estado — sovereign state
• Romanian: stat — sovereign state
• Romansh: stadi — sovereign state
• Romansh: naziun — sovereign state
• Russian: госуда́рство (gosudárstvo) — sovereign state
• Russian: держа́ва (deržáva) — sovereign state
• Serbo-Croatian: др̀жава — sovereign state
• Serbo-Croatian: dr̀žava — sovereign state
• Sinhalese: රාජ්යය (rājyaya) — sovereign state
• Sinhalese: ජාතිය (jātiya) — sovereign state
• Slovak: štát — sovereign state
• Slovene: država — sovereign state
• Spanish: estado — sovereign state
• Swedish: stat — sovereign state
• Tagalog: bansa — sovereign state
• Tagalog: nasyon — sovereign state
• Tajik: давлат (davlat) — sovereign state
• Tatar: дәүләт (däwlät) — sovereign state
• Thai: รัฐ (rát) — sovereign state
• Thai: ชาติ (châat) — sovereign state
• Thai: ประเทศ (bprà-têet) — sovereign state
• Tibetan: རྒྱལ་ཁབ (rgyal khab) — sovereign state
• Turkish: devlet — sovereign state
• Ottoman Turkish: ایل (il) — sovereign state
• Turkmen: döwlet — sovereign state
• Ugaritic: 𐎈𐎆𐎚 (ḥwt) — sovereign state
• Ukrainian: держа́ва (deržáva) — sovereign state
• Ukrainian: на́ція (nácija) — sovereign state
• Urdu: رِیاسَت (riyāsat) — sovereign state
• Uyghur: دۆلەت (dölet) — sovereign state
• Uzbek: davlat — sovereign state
• Vietnamese: nhà nước — sovereign state
• Vietnamese: quốc gia — sovereign state
• Yiddish: מדינה (medine) — sovereign state
• Catalan: sindicat — association of students
• Finnish: osakunta — association of students
• Galician: nación — association of students
• German: Nation — association of students
• Italian: nation — association of students
• Russian: землячество (zemljačestvo) — association of students
• Spanish: sindicato — association of students
• Swedish: nation — association of students
• Swedish: studentnation — association of students
• Uyghur: ئۇيۇشما (uyushma) — association of students