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nation in Arabic

أُمَّة ʔumma

/ˈneɪʃən/

nation in Arabic: أُمَّة (ʔumma), قَوْم (qawm), دَوْلَة (dawla), وَطَن (waṭan). In English, nation means a historically constituted, stable community of people, formed based on a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture.

Arabic words for nation

community of people
أُمَّة ʔumma, قَوْم qawm
sovereign state
دَوْلَة dawla, وَطَن waṭan

English meaning of nation

  1. noun A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed based on a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture.
  2. noun A community united by some trait (especially an interest) but not historically constituted.
  3. noun A sovereign state; (loosely, metonymic, proscribed) a country.
  4. noun An association of students based on the birthplace or ethnicity of its members.

Full definition of nation

nation in a sentence

  • The Roma are a nation without a country.
  • pre-Columbian nations
  • the Dallas Cowboys nation

Synonyms of nation

nation in other languages

Questions about nation in Arabic

What is the meaning of nation in Arabic?
Nation in Arabic is أُمَّة (ʔumma), قَوْم (qawm), دَوْلَة (dawla), وَطَن (waṭan).
ما معنى كلمة nation؟
Nation: أُمَّة (ʔumma), قَوْم (qawm), دَوْلَة (dawla), وَطَن (waṭan).
What does nation mean in English?
Nation means a historically constituted, stable community of people, formed based on a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture.

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