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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

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Yes but my point is that he’s not using the wrong word.

Edit: also Kurdistan exists

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They used the right word in common speak, any other word would feel out of place.

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