Definitions for Nationalityˌnæʃ əˈnæl ɪ ti

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

na•tion•al•i•ty*ˌnæʃ əˈnæl ɪ ti(n.)(pl.)-ties

  1. the status of belonging to a particular nation, whether by birth or naturalization.

    Category: Government

  2. Category: Government

    Ref: nationalism.

  3. existence as a distinct nation.

    Category: Government

  4. a nation or people.

    Category: Government

  5. national quality or character.

    Category: Government

* for 1,2,5,6 ..

Origin of nationality:

1685–95

Princeton's WordNet

  1. nationality(noun)

    people having common origins or traditions and often comprising a nation

    "immigrants of the same nationality often seek each other out"; "such images define their sense of nationality"

  2. nationality(noun)

    the status of belonging to a particular nation by birth or naturalization

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. nationality(noun)ˌnæʃ əˈnæl ɪ ti

    the status of being a legal citizen of a country

    a list of authors, organized by nationality; laws dealing with nationality

  2. nationalityˌnæʃ əˈnæl ɪ ti

    a group of people from a particular country

    a school in which more than 70 nationalities are represented

Wiktionary

  1. nationality(Noun)

    Membership of a particular nation or state, by origin, birth, naturalization, ownership, allegiance or otherwise.

  2. nationality(Noun)

    National, i.e. ethnic and/or cultural, character or identity.

  3. nationality(Noun)

    A people sharing a common origin, culture and/or language, and possibly constituting a nation-state.

  4. nationality(Noun)

    Political existence, independence or unity as a national entity.

  5. nationality(Noun)

    Nationalism or patriotism.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Nationality(noun)

    the quality of being national, or strongly attached to one's own nation; patriotism

  2. Nationality(noun)

    the sum of the qualities which distinguish a nation; national character

  3. Nationality(noun)

    a race or people, as determined by common language and character, and not by political bias or divisions; a nation

  4. Nationality(noun)

    existence as a distinct or individual nation; national unity and integrity

  5. Nationality(noun)

    the state or quality of belonging to or being connected with a nation or government by nativity, character, ownership, allegiance, etc


Translations for Nationality

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

nationality(noun)

(the state of belonging to) a particular nation

`What nationality are you?' `I'm German'; You can see (people of) many nationalities in London.

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