A politically organized body of people under a single government. Synonyms:body politic, commonwealth, country, land, nation, state."African nations" , "Students who had come to the nation's capitol" , "The country's largest manufacturer" , "An industrialized land"
... it back to the fourth century B.C. In the revolution threatened by Manlius Capitolinus (384 B.C., Liv. vi. 19) the phrase Ut videant magistrates ne quid ... res publica detrimenti capiat was believed ... — A History of Rome, Vol 1 - During the late Republic and early Principate • A H.J. Greenidge Read full book for free!