Standard Lemma guide
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adj
Extending throughout an entire nation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Synonyms: national, countrywide, federal
Antonyms: non-national, intranational, infranational
adv
Throughout a nation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Synonyms: nationally, countrywide, federally
Antonyms: intranationally, infranationally
adjective satellite
occurring or extending throughout a country or nation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: countrywide
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
extending throughout an entire nation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: nationally, across the nation, across the country
Antonyms: none provided
History
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 Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *dheh1- Proto-Indo-European *h1weydhh1-der. Proto-Germanic *wīdaz Old English wīd English wide English -wide English nationwide From nation + -wide.
Across languages
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
