Phrase Hound found 38 phrases and 64 compound words that contain nations. The most common are listed below. Open nations in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 38
- United NationsAn international coalition, founded in 1945 and headquartered in New York City, that aims to promote global co-operation and maintain international order.
- League of NationsAn international organization founded as a result of the Treaty of Versailles, which ended the First World War. Its goals included disarmament, preventing war through collective security, settling disputes between countries through …
- law of nationsSynonym of international law: Set of rules generally regarded and accepted as binding in relations between states and between nations, serving as a framework for the practice of stable and organized international relations.
- All Nations
- Commonwealth of NationsAn association of independent, sovereign states most of which formerly constituted the British Empire.
- Developing nations
- Five Nationsan annual rugby union tournament between the nations of France, England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland, the predecessor to the Six Nations tournament.
- Six NationsEllipsis of Iroquois Confederacy of Six Nations (“the Five Nations adding the Tuscarora to make Six in the Iroquois Confederacy”).
- First NationsOf or pertaining to a First Nation or First Nations collectively.
- Developed Nations
- United Nations General AssemblyOne of the six principal organs of the United Nations and the only one in which all member nations have equal representation.
- Nations LeagueA biennial European football tournament pitting similarly-ranked teams against each other, serving as qualification for the European Championship
- Springtime of NationsA period, sometimes confounded with the Age of Revolution in Europe and/or the pre-March era (Vormärz) specifically in Germany; variously beginning in 1789 (the French Revolution) or (in Germany) either in 1815 (German Confederation) or …
- United Nations Economic and Social CouncilOne of the six principal organs of the United Nations, dedicated to coordinate global economical and social affairs.
- nations of lawsplural of nation of laws: A nation-state that is subject to the rule of law.
- Righteous Among the NationsTitle given to a gentile who risked his or her life during the Holocaust to save Jews.
- home nationsplural of home nation: Any of the four constituent nations (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) that make up the United Kingdom
- student nationsplural of student nation: Synonym of nation (“An association of students based on the birthplace or ethnicity of its members.”).
- Test nationsplural of Test nation: Any of the officially recognised nations who play Test cricket: Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, the West Indies, and Zimbabwe.
- British Commonwealth of NationsThe Commonwealth of Nations.
- United Nations OrganizationSynonym of United Nations: An international coalition, founded in 1945 and headquartered in New York City, that aims to promote global co-operation and maintain international order.
- mini-nationsplural of mini-nation: A micronation.
- model nationsplural of model nation: A micronation that has no intention of being internationally recognised.
- project nationsplural of project nation: A non-autonomous entity that claims to be a sovereign state and mimics the actions of a state (with varying degrees of seriousness), but lacks any legal recognition and exists only on paper or in the mind of its …
- space nationsplural of space nation: A micronation that lays claim to territory in space: planets, satellites, stars or portions of space itself.
Compound words 64
- combinationsplural of combination: The act of combining, the state of being combined or the result of combining.
- carnationsplural of carnation: A type of Eurasian plant widely cultivated for its flowers.
- ruminationsplural of rumination: The act of ruminating; i.e. chewing cud.
- machinationsplural of machination: A clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes.
- emanationsplural of emanation: The act of flowing or proceeding (of something, quality, or feeling) from a source or origin.
- alternationsplural of alternation: The reciprocal succession of (normally two) things in time or place; the act of following and being followed by turns; alternate succession, performance, or occurrence
- intonationsplural of intonation: The rise and fall of the voice in speaking.
- divinationsplural of divination: The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events.
- micronationsplural of micronation: A non-autonomous entity that claims to be a sovereign state and mimics the actions of a state (with varying degrees of seriousness), but lacks any legal recognition and exists only on paper or in the mind of its …
- tarnationsplural of tarnation: The act or process of damnation or reprobation; hell.