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    15 hours ago

    Because no one calls where they live a nation? Country is the generic people term for place you live, we don’t care about the legal distinctions and specifications.

    • Anti-Face Weapon
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      It’s less of a legal distinction and more of a definition thing. He is objectively using the wrong word.

      It would not be incorrect to refer to the people of Puerto Ricans as a nation by the definition of the word. The word nation does not refer to a place but a group of people.

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        Both words refer to both concepts.

        country

        1. A nation or state.
        2. The territory of a nation or state; land.
        3. The people of a nation or state; populace.

        nation

        1. A relatively large group of people organized under a single, usually independent government; a country.
        2. The territory occupied by such a group of people.
        3. The government of a sovereign state.
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          This definition is not fully correct. A nation does not need to have a government. For example the Kurds