nations

NOUN

country with its own government

Synonyms

STRONGEST

community democracy people population public society state tribe union

STRONG

commonwealth domain dominion empire land monarchy populace principality race realm republic sovereignty

WEAK

body politic

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nations

Even today, it is generating faster growth than most other nations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

Mexico, Grenada and St Kitts and Nevis have broken away from the other 32 Concacaf nations to support the Fifa president.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

"It will be Africa's second world war," he said, alluding to the 1998-2003 Congo war that involved nine African nations.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

In a recent Pew Research Center poll of 36 nations, the people in 25 of them hold a more favorable view of China than they do of the United States.

From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2026

The judge tells us that the new citizens on the stage represent more than thirty nations.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan