nacioun

Middle English

Alternative forms

• nacion, nacoun, nacyon, nation

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French nacion, from Latin nātiō, nātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌnaːsiˈuːn/, /naːˈsjuːn/, /ˈnaːsjun/

Noun

nacioun (plural naciouns)

1. nation, country
2. people, race, tribe
3. People with some other commonality; a group of people
4. A group of students representing a country
5. (biblical) Gentiles

Descendants

• English: nation
• Scots: nation

References

• “nāciǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-24.