nation in Malay
bangsa
/ˈneɪʃən/
nation in Malay: bangsa, negara. 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.
Malay words for nation
- community of people
- bangsa
- sovereign state
- bangsa, negara
English meaning of nation
- 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.
- noun A community united by some trait (especially an interest) but not historically constituted.
- noun A sovereign state; (loosely, metonymic, proscribed) a country.
- noun An association of students based on the birthplace or ethnicity of its members.
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
- nation in Hindi
- nation in Tamil
- nation in Marathi
- nation in Urdu
- nation in Bengali
- nation in Telugu
- nation in Malayalam
- nation in Kannada
- nation in Punjabi
- nation in Gujarati
- nation in Odia
- nation in Sanskrit
- nation in Sinhala
- nation in Nepali
- nation in Pashto
- nation in Tagalog
- nation in Arabic
- nation in Indonesian
- nation in Persian
- nation in Thai
- nation in Vietnamese
- nation in Myanmar
Questions about nation in Malay
- What is the meaning of nation in Malay?
- Nation in Malay is bangsa, negara.
- Apakah maksud nation dalam bahasa Melayu?
- Nation: bangsa, negara.
- 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.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: nation (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malay words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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