transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈnā-shən ]
noun
Etymology: Middle English nacioun, from Anglo-French naciun, from Latin nation-, natio birth, race, nation, from nasci to be born; akin to Latin gignere to beget — more at kin
Date: 14th century
1.
a.
(1) : nationality 5a
(2) : a politically organized nationality
(3) : a non-Jewish nationality
why do the nation s conspire — Psalms 2:1 (Revised Standard Version)
b. : a community of people composed of one or more nationalities and possessing a more or less defined territory and government
c. : a territorial division containing a body of people of one or more nationalities and usually characterized by relatively large size and independent status
2. archaic : group , aggregation
3. : a tribe or federation of tribes (as of American Indians)