ship of state

The nation, as in We can't help but wonder who will be steering our ship of state a hundred years from now . This metaphoric expression was first recorded in English in a translation of Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince (1675).

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Aldwin	-	Ancient Germanic
Maggie	['mægi]
Sarvesh	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi
Wangi	WAHNG-ee (Indonesian)	Indonesian, Malay
Beniamin	-	Romanian, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Micheal	MIE-kəl	English