nacioun

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === nacion, naciun; nacoun, nacyon, nacyoun, nation (Late Middle English) === Etymology === Borrowed from Anglo-Norman nacion, nacioun, from Latin nātiō, nātiōnem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌnaːsiˈuːn/, /naːˈsjuːn/, /ˈnaːsjun/ === Noun === nacioun (plural naciouns) A nation; a stable people group with common ancestry, territory, and sometimes government: The representatives of a nation. (biblical, in the plural) The Gentiles; non-Jewish nations. A people, race, or tribe. A (non-national or ethnic) grouping of people. ==== Descendants ==== English: nation Scots: nation → Irish: náisiún ==== References ==== “nāciǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 24 March 2018.