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Is nation a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word nation is a Scrabble US word. The word nation is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

N1A1T1I1O1N1

Is nation a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word nation is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

N1A1T1I1O1N1

Is nation a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word nation is a Words With Friends word. The word nation is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

N2A1T1I1O1N2

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6-letter words (2 found)

ANOINT,NATION,

5-letter words (3 found)

ANION,NITON,NOINT,

4-letter words (15 found)

ANNO,ANON,ANTI,INTO,IOTA,NAIN,NANO,NAOI,NONA,NONI,NOTA,OINT,TAIN,TIAN,TINA,

3-letter words (19 found)

AIN,AIT,ANI,ANN,ANT,INN,ION,ITA,NAN,NAT,NIT,NON,NOT,OAT,TAI,TAN,TAO,TIN,TON,

2-letter words (13 found)

AI,AN,AT,IN,IO,IT,NA,NO,OI,ON,TA,TI,TO,

You can make 52 words from nation according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of nation

nation

Pronunciation

  • enPR: nā'shən, IPA(key): /ˈneɪ̯.ʃən/, /ˈneɪ̯.ʃɪn/
  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən, -eɪʃɪn

Etymology 1

From Middle English nacioun, nacion, from Old French nacion, from Latin nātiōnem, accusative of nātiō (“nation”). Displaced native Old English þēod.

Noun

nation (plural nations)

  2. (collective) 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.
    Coordinate term: (sometimes synonymous) people
    1. (by extension, informal, often humorous) A community united by some trait (especially an interest) but not historically constituted.
  3. (international law, metonymically) A sovereign state; (loosely, metonymically, proscribed) a country.
  4. (chiefly historical) An association of students based on the birthplace or ethnicity of its members.
    Synonym: student nation
  5. (obsolete) A great number; a great deal.
  6. In North America, an Indigenous people and their federally recognized territory.
Usage notes
  • (British) Following the establishment of the Scottish and Welsh parliaments, England, Scotland and Wales are normally considered distinct nations. Application of the term nation to the United Kingdom as a whole is deprecated in most style guides, including the BBC, most newspapers and in UK Government publications. Northern Ireland, being of less clear legal status, generally remains a province.
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Etymology 2

Probably short for damnation.

Noun

nation

  1. (rare) Damnation.

Adverb

nation

  1. (rare, dialectal) Extremely, very.

References

  • “Notable and Quotable”, in Merriam Webster Online Newsletter‎[3], 2005 November, archived from the original on 14 March 2006.

Anagrams

  • Tonian, anoint

Danish

Etymology

From Latin nātiō (“birth, people”), derived from the verb nāscor (“to be born”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [naˈɕoˀn]

Noun

nation c (singular definite nationen, plural indefinite nationer)

  1. a nation, a people with a common identity, united in history, culture or language
  2. a nation, a country that is a politically independent unity

Declension

References

  • “nation” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French nation, from Old French nacion, borrowed from Latin nātiōnem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /na.sjɔ̃/
  • Rhymes: -ɔ̃

Noun

nation f (plural nations)

  1. nation

Derived terms

References

  • “nation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • tonnai

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French nacion.

Noun

nation f (plural nations)

  1. nation

Descendants

  • French: nation

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /natˈɧuːn/

Noun

nation c

  1. a nation, a country, a state
  2. a nation, a people
  3. a union or fraternity of students from the same province

Declension

Related terms

  • Förenta nationerna
  • national-
  • nationaldag
  • nationalism
  • nationalist
  • nationalitet
  • nationell
  • Nationernas förbund
  • nationshus
  • nationsliv
  • studentnation

References

  • nation in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • nation in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • nation in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Source: wiktionary.org