English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "nasie" is 'n groot groep mense wat verenig is deur gemeenskaplike afkoms, geskiedenis, kultuur of taal, wat 'n spesifieke land of gebied bewoon. Dit kan ook verwys na 'n polities georganiseerde gemeenskap of gebied, soos 'n soewereine staat. Daarbenewens kan die term verwys na 'n groep mense wat 'n gemeenskaplike belangstelling, identiteit of doel deel, ongeag geografiese ligging of politieke grense.

Synonyms

  1. land
  2. country

Sentence Examples

  1. Nation married an alcoholic physician who died of alcohol poisoning, which drove her to do what she did, he informs us.
  2. The inspiration they offered kept the mean old bastards in that city from blinding me to all we could be as a nation and as individuals.
  3. So we have no ceremony for accepting you into our nation.
  4. You have to grow up believing in the monarchy and its importance to the whole structure of the nation.
  5. Madmen are of some nation, and their language, however incoherent in its words, has always the coherence of syllabification.
  6. Thus the jurisprudence of every nation will show that, when law becomes a science and a system, it ceases to be justice.
  7. He would have been even more concerned had he realised that Tarkyn had now been formally adopted into the woodfolk nation, but that was a shock yet to come.
  8. In reality, I have been given the honour of being accepted into the woodfolk nation when my own people have rejected me.
  9. Since when have the powerful in any nation the world over resisted the temptation to profit, personally, out of business deals?
  10. As to its effect upon the nation, there is abundant evidence.