subnation
noun
sub·nation
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: a subdivision of a nation often distinguished by community of culture and interests rather than by administrative dependency
the South is … a subnation with its own history, its own patterns of behavior and its own national consciousness
Malcolm Cowley
Malcolm Cowley subnational adjective
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Word History
Etymology
sub- + nation
- devil's-rattlebox
- devil's-rattleboxes
- devil's-root
- devil's-roots
- devil's-snuffbox
- devil's-snuffboxes
- devil's-tongue
- devil's-tongues
- devil's-walking-stick
- devil's-walking-sticks
- devil's-weed
- devil's-weeds
- devil-club
- devil-dancer
- devil-devil
- devil-diver
- devil-dodger
- devil-fire
- devil-god
- devil-in-a-bush
- devil-in-a-mist
- devil-in-the-bush
- devil-may-care
- devildom
- deviled