“民族国家”（ｎａｔｉｏｎ－ｓｔａｔｅ）一词最早出现于１７世纪中叶的西方。此词除去政治学的含义，从字面上理解是一个民族建立的国家，因为民族（ｎａｔｉｏｎ）用的是单数。实际上，在“民族国家”里除了建立国家的主体民族外，还居住着其他人数较少的民族。民族中... The word “nation-state” first appeared in the West in the mid-seventeenth century. The term removes the meaning of politics and literally comprehends the establishment of a nation because the nation is singular. In fact, in addition to establishing the nation’s main ethnic group in “nation states,” other smaller ethnic groups live. Ethnic