noun (n)

• a politically organized body of people under a single government(noun.group)

  Example:
  African nations.
  Students who had come to the nation's capitol.
  

  Synonym:
  body politic, commonwealth, country, land, res publica, state
  

  source: wordnet30
• the people who live in a nation or country(noun.group)

  Example:
  A statement that sums up the nation's mood.
  The news was announced to the nation.
  

  Synonym:
  country, land
  

  source: wordnet30
• United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911)(noun.person)

  Synonym:
  carry amelia moore nation, carry nation
  

  source: wordnet30
• a federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes)(noun.group)

  Example:
  The Shawnee nation.
  

  source: wordnet30
• A part, or division, of the people of the earth, distinguished from the rest by common descent, language, or institutions; a race; a stock.(noun)

  source: webster1913