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"nation" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often country (7 letters).
Definitions
the people who live in a nation or country
Word origin
From Middle English nacioun, nacion, from Old French nacion, from Latin nātiōnem, accusative of nātiō (“nation”). Displaced Old English þēod.
Used in a sentence
“The Roma are a nation without a country.”
“pre-Columbian nations”
“All the ends of the woꝛld ſhall remember, and turne vnto the Lord: and all the kinreds of the nations ſhall woꝛſhip befoꝛe thee.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues
01“Political country”6 letters
02“Sovereign state”6 letters
03“Country”6 letters
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