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națiune
nation /na.t͡siˈu.ne/
noun#2624 most common
Also: people (as a political community)
Example sentences
România este o națiune.
Romania is a nation.
Fiecare națiune are o istorie.
Every nation has a history.
Națiunile Unite se ocupă de pacea în lume.
The United Nations deals with peace in the world.
Președintele a vorbit despre viitorul națiunii.
The president spoke about the nation's future.
Identitatea unei națiuni se construiește prin limbă și cultură comună.
A nation's identity is built through a common language and culture.
Conflictele dintre națiuni au marcat profund istoria secolului douăzeci.
Conflicts between nations profoundly marked the history of the twentieth century.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | națiune | națiuni |
| Genitive | națiunii | națiunilor |
| Accusative | națiune | națiuni |
| Vocative | națiune | națiuni |
Word family
naționalnational
naționalitatenationality
naționalismnationalism
naționalizato nationalize
internaționalinternational
Etymology
Națiune entered Romanian in the modern era as a learned borrowing from French nation, itself from Latin natio, nationis, meaning birth or a people bound by common birth. The Latin root goes back to nasci, to be born. Romanian took the word in wholesale, alongside many other French and Latin abstract nouns, during the nineteenth-century push to modernize its vocabulary.
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