nation - a federation of tribes (especially native American tribes); "the Shawnee nation"

U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776

Maya, Mayan - a member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who had a culture (which reached its peak between AD 300 and 900) characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy; "Mayans had a system of writing and an accurate calendar"

Nahuatl - a member of any of various Indian peoples of central Mexico

Olmec - a member of an early Mesoamerican civilization contered around Veracruz that flourished between 1300 and 400 BC