Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (n.) The quality of being national, or strongly attached to one's own nation; patriotism.

2. (n.) The sum of the qualities which distinguish a nation; national character.

3. (n.) A race or people, as determined by common language and character, and not by political bias or divisions; a nation.

4. (n.) Existence as a distinct or individual nation; national unity and integrity.

5. (n.) The state or quality of belonging to or being connected with a nation or government by nativity, character, ownership, allegiance, etc.