English-Estonian translations for nation

• natsioon
• rahvus
  Ükski rahvus ei ole teistest parem või halvem. No nation is better or worse than any other.
  Säästkem veel üks rahvus Euroopa kaardilt kadumisest. Let us not allow yet another nation to disappear from the map of Europe.
  Nii Aasias kui ka Euroopas on impeeriumid ja paganlik ebausk rahvuse vaenlased. In Asia as in Europe, empires and ethnicism are the enemies of the nation.
• rahvus; rahvas
• riik
  Laenuandja riik on tavaliselt ka laenuvõtja riik. A creditor nation is usually a debtor nation.
  Ma ei näe Euroopa Liitu riike endasse neelava liiduna. I do not see our Union as 'absorbing' nations.
  Mitte ükski riik, fraktsioon ega piirkond ei saa sellega üksi hakkama. No nation, no group, no region can do it alone.

Definition of nation

• A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed on the basis of a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture
• A sovereign state
• An association of students based on its membersbirthplace or ethnicity
• A great number; a great deal
• Damnation
• Extremely, very

Examples

• The Roma are a nation without a country
• The Kurdish people constitute a nation in the Middle East
• Though legally single nations, many states comprise several distinct cultural or ethnic groups
• Once widespread across Europe in medieval times, nations are now largely restricted to the ancient universities of Sweden and Finland

Related words

• declination
• nationality
• international
• destination
• assignation
• intonation
• imagination
• national
• nomination