notion consisting of a narrow strip of fine material used for trimming
a long strip of inked material for making characters on paper with a typewriter
any long object resembling a thin line; "a mere ribbon of land"; "the lighted ribbon of traffic"; "from the air the road was a grey thread"; "a thread of smoke climbed upward"
the people who live in a nation or country; "a statement that sums up the nation's mood"; "the news was announced to the nation"; "the whole country worshipped him"
a federation of tribes (especially native American tribes); "the Shawnee nation"
United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911)
people having common origins or traditions and often comprising a nation; "immigrants of the same nationality often seek each other out"; "such images define their sense of nationality"
the status of belonging to a particular nation by birth or naturalization
a state or territory partly controlled by (but not a possession of) a stronger state but autonomous in internal affairs; protectorates are established by treaty