nación

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See also: nacion, ñación, and naçión

Asturian

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin nātiōnem.

Noun

nación f (plural naciones)

  1. birth
    Synonym: nacimientu
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Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish nación, from Latin nātiōnem.

Noun

nación f (plural naciones)

  1. nation
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Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese naçõ, from Latin nātiō, nātiōnem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: na‧ción

Noun

nación f (plural nacións)

  1. nation
    • 1697, José Gil Taboada, Grande loita de luceiros:
      Grande loyta de Luceyros
      Ay na terra do patron
      Santo, que fillo do Trono
      Nas guerras sempre atronòu.
      Cinco Luceyros no'menos
      S'opòn à vn Luceyro sò:
      Cinco à vn, è ser Galegos?
      No'mo dà ò corazon.
      E que loytan sobre quen
      A quen mais alomeou.
      Vn contra cinco? Este si
      Que é Galego de naçon.
      A large dispute of luminaries
      happens at he land of the patron
      Saint, who, son of thunder
      In the wars always stormed .
      Five luminaries, no less,
      Oppose one luminary alone:
      Five to one, being Galicians?
      I don't think so.
      And they are fighting on who
      enlightened more to whom.
      One to five? This certainly is
      Galician by nation
    • 1779, Diego Antonio Cernadas y Castro, Obras en prosa y verso:
      Co ò desexo de acordarvos,
      que en Galicia ò seu funduxe
      ten à vosa nobre fruxe,
      vou en Gallego a falarvos:
      De esto non hay que estrañarvos;
      antes ben, facendo gala
      de esta nacion, estimála,
      è si porque moito dista,
      non à conocès de vista,
      conocedéa pola fala
      With the desire to remind you
      that in Galicia has its origin
      your noble lineage,
      I'm going to speak in Galician to you:
      you must not be surprised;
      rather, showing off
      this nation, you'll love it;
      and, if because of the distance,
      you are not acquainted,
      then meet her in her language
  2. vulva of a female domestic animal
    Synonyms: nacenza, natura

Derived terms

References

  • “nações” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “naçõ” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “nación” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “nación” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “nación” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nātiōnem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /naˈθjon/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /naˈsjon/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: na‧ción

Noun

nación f (plural naciones)

  1. nation

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Descendants

  • Chavacano: nacion
  • → Asturian: nación
  • → Bikol Central: nasyon
  • → Cebuano: nasyon
  • → Galician: nación
  • → Yatzachi Zapotec: nasyon

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