(nā′shən) noun
1. A people as an organized body politic, usually associated with a particular territory and possessing a distinctive cultural and social way of life.
2. An aggregation of people of common origin and language.
3. A race; tribe; specifically, a tribe of American Indians or the territory occupied by them. See synonyms under PEOPLE. [<F <L natio, -onis breed, race <nasci be born]

(nā′shən), Carry Amelia,
1846–1911, née Moore, Kansan temperance reformer: also Carrie Nation.