All nation synonyms
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N n noun nation
- tribe — any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
- democracy — A democracy is a country in which the people choose their government by voting for it.
- people — persons indefinitely or collectively; persons in general: to find it easy to talk to people; What will people think?
- union — a township in NE New Jersey.
- community — The community is all the people who live in a particular area or place.
- society — an organized group of persons associated together for religious, benevolent, cultural, scientific, political, patriotic, or other purposes.
- state — the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes: a state of health.
- public — of, relating to, or affecting a population or a community as a whole: public funds; a public nuisance.
- population — the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.
- commonwealth — The Commonwealth is an organization consisting of the United Kingdom and most of the countries that were previously under its rule.
- domain — the territory governed by a single ruler or government; realm.
- land — Edwin Herbert, 1909–91, U.S. inventor and businessman: created the Polaroid camera.
- realm — a royal domain; kingdom: the realm of England.
- populace — the common people of a community, nation, etc., as distinguished from the higher classes.
- monarchy — a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch. Compare absolute monarchy, limited monarchy.
- race — Cape, a cape at the SE extremity of Newfoundland.
- republic — a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them.
- dominion — the power or right of governing and controlling; sovereign authority.
- sovereignty — the quality or state of being sovereign, or of having supreme power or authority.
- principality — a state ruled by a prince, usually a relatively small state or a state that falls within a larger state such as an empire.
- country — A country is one of the political units which the world is divided into, covering a particular area of land.
- homeland — one's native land.
- nation-state — a sovereign state inhabited by a relatively homogeneous group of people who share a feeling of common nationality.
- empire — An extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress.
- inhabitants — a person or animal that inhabits a place, especially as a permanent resident.
- citizens — a native or naturalized member of a state or nation who owes allegiance to its government and is entitled to its protection (distinguished from alien).
- residents — a person who resides in a place.
- body politic — The body politic is all the people of a nation when they are considered as a complete political group.