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nation

B1Frequent NGSL-1
UK /ˈneɪʃn/US /ˈneɪʃn/
noun

a country considered as a group of people with the same language, culture and history, who live in a particular area under one government

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Then, in 2007, he became Secretary-General of the United Nations.

Ban Ki-moon's Harvard Kennedy School Graduation Address (2023)

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