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- (noun): 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.
- (noun): A sovereign state.
- (noun): An association of students based on its members' birthplace or ethnicity.
- (noun): A great number; a great deal.
- 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.