Hyphenation of nation

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word nation? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

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Definitions of nation:

1.	A politically organized body of people under a single government The state has elected a new president African nations Students who had come to the nation's capitol The country's largest manufacturer An industrialized land
2.	The people who live in a nation or country A statement that sums up the nation's mood The news was announced to the nation The whole country worshipped him
3.	United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911)
4.	A federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes) The Shawnee nation

Synonyms of nation:

noun	state, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic, political unit
noun	land, country, a people, people
noun	confederation, confederacy, federation
noun	Nation, Carry Nation, Carry Amelia Moore Nation, dry, prohibitionist

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.