What does naturalisation mean?

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. naturalization, naturalisationnoun

    the quality of being brought into conformity with nature

  2. naturalization, naturalisationnoun

    the proceeding whereby a foreigner is granted citizenship

  3. naturalization, naturalisationnoun

    the introduction of animals or plants to places where they flourish but are not indigenous

  4. naturalization, naturalisationnoun

    changing the pronunciation of a borrowed word to agree with the borrowers' phonology

    "the naturalization in English of many Italian words"

Wikipedia

  1. naturalisation

    Naturalization (or naturalisation) is the legal act or process by which a non-citizen of a country may acquire citizenship or nationality of that country. It may be done automatically by a statute, i.e., without any effort on the part of the individual, or it may involve an application or a motion and approval by legal authorities. The rules of naturalization vary from country to country but typically include a promise to obey and uphold that country's laws and taking and subscribing to an oath of allegiance, and may specify other requirements such as a minimum legal residency and adequate knowledge of the national dominant language or culture. To counter multiple citizenship, some countries require that applicants for naturalization renounce any other citizenship that they currently hold, but whether this renunciation actually causes loss of original citizenship, as seen by the host country and by the original country, will depend on the laws of the countries involved. The massive increase in population flux due to globalization and the sharp increase in the numbers of refugees following World War I created many stateless persons, people who were not citizens of any state. In some rare cases, laws for mass naturalization were passed. As naturalization laws had been designed to cater for the relatively few people who had voluntarily moved from one country to another (expatriates), many western democracies were not ready to naturalize large numbers of people. This included the massive influx of stateless people which followed massive denationalizations and the expulsion of ethnic minorities from newly created nation states in the first part of the 20th century.Since World War II, the increase in international migrations created a new category of migrants, most of them economic migrants. For economic, political, humanitarian and pragmatic reasons, many states passed laws allowing a person to acquire their citizenship after birth, such as by marriage to a national – jus matrimonii – or by having ancestors who are nationals of that country, in order to reduce the scope of this category. However, in some countries this system still maintains a large part of the immigrant population in an illegal status, albeit with some massive regularizations. Examples include Spain under José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero's government, and Italy under Silvio Berlusconi's government.

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  1. naturalisation

    Naturalisation refers to the legal process by which a foreign citizen or national is granted citizenship or nationality of another country after fulfilling certain requirements established by law. This often includes living in the new country for a certain number of years, demonstrating good character, understanding the language and culture, and pledging allegiance to the new country.

Wikidata

  1. Naturalisation

    In biology, naturalisation is any process by which a non-native organism spreads into the wild and its reproduction is sufficient to maintain its population. Such populations are said to be naturalised. Some populations do not sustain themselves reproductively, but exist because of continued influx from elsewhere. Such a non-sustaining population, or the individuals within it, are said to be adventive. Cultivated plants are a major source of adventive populations. Naturalised species may become invasive species if they become sufficiently abundant to have an adverse effect on native plants and animals.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of naturalisation in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of naturalisation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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