A people permanently occupying a fixed territory bound together by common law, habits and custom into one body politic exercising, through the medium of an organized government, independent sovereignty and control over all persons and things within its boundaries, unless or until authority is ceded to a federation or union of other states.
A political entity asserting ultimate authority over a geographical area.
A federation of tribes (especially native American tribes).
the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries"
a federation of tribes (especially native American tribes); "the Shawnee nation"
the people of a nation or country or a community of persons bound by a common heritage; "a nation of Catholics"; "the whole country worshipped him"
a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"
the people who live in a nation or country; "a statement that sums up the nation''s mood"; "the news was announced to the nation"; "the whole country worshipped him"
a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation''s capitol"; "the country''s largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land"
United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911)
the people who live in a nation or country
a politically organized body of people under a single government
a federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes)
