nationality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌnæʃ.əˈnæl.ɪ.ti/
ipa: /ˌnæʃˈnæl.ɪ.ti/
ipa: /-ˈnæl.ə.ti/
ipa: /-ˈnæl.ti/
Forms: form: nationalities
Etymology: From national + -ity, perhaps after French nationalité; ultimately from Latin nātio (“nation, people”).
Senses: examples: text: […]permit me to say that the Harranians were Arabs and that the Arabs in occupying Spain and Andalusia did not lose their nationality; they remained Arabs. […] The fact that they preserved their former religion, Sabaeanism, does not mean they should be considered foreign to the Arab nationality.
ref: 1968, Sayyid Jamāl ad-Dīn, “Answer of Jamāl ad-Dīn to Renan”, in Nikki R. Keddie, translated by Nikki R. Keddie, An Islamic Response to Imperialism, University of California Press, →LCCN, page 185:
glosses: National, i.e. ethnic and/or cultural, character or identity.
examples: text: ‘You are, to be sure, wonderfully free from that nationality: but so it happens, that you employ the only Scotch shoe-black in London.’
ref: 1791, James Boswell, Life of Johnson, Oxford, published 2008, page 599:
glosses: Nationalism or patriotism.
examples: text: By living in the country for five years, you are entitled to get nationality.
text: Stefi was born in Spain to a Brazilian father and a Chilean mother, so is eligible for three nationalities.
text: Please include your nationality on the form.
text: One reason why many Asian countries oppose dual nationality is a belief that it can create divided loyalties among citizens, said Jelena Dzankic, co-director of the Global Citizenship Observatory (GLOBALCIT), an international citizenship research network.
ref: 2021 March 15, Jessie Yeung, “These Asian countries are giving dual citizens an ultimatum on nationality – and loyalty”, in CNN:
text: Guatemala has pledged a 40% increase in deportation flights carrying Guatemalans and migrants of other nationalities from the United States, President Bernardo Arévalo announced Wednesday during a press conference with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
ref: 2025 February 5, Michael Rios, “Guatemala to increase deportation flights from US carrying migrants from other countries”, in CNN:
glosses: National origin or identity; legal membership of a particular nation or state, by origin, birth, naturalization, ownership, allegiance or otherwise.
glosses: A people sharing a common origin, culture and/or language, and possibly constituting a nation-state.
glosses: Political existence, independence or unity as a national entity.
Synonyms: sense: membership of a nation or state
word: affiliation
sense: membership of a nation or state
word: allegiance
sense: membership of a nation or state
word: ancestry
sense: membership of a nation or state
word: citizenship
sense: membership of a nation or state
word: descent
sense: membership of a nation or state
word: enfranchisement
sense: membership of a nation or state
word: ethnicity
sense: membership of a nation or state
word: national status
sense: membership of a nation or state
word: naturalization
sense: membership of a nation or state
word: origin
sense: membership of a nation or state
word: parentage
sense: membership of a nation or state
word: race
sense: membership of a nation or state
word: residence
sense: membership of a nation or state
word: status
sense: national character or identity
word: ancestry
sense: national character or identity
word: color
sense: national character or identity
word: colour
sense: national character or identity
word: ethnicity
sense: national character or identity
word: identity
sense: national character or identity
word: origin
sense: a people
word: clan
sense: a people
word: confederation
sense: a people
word: cultural group
sense: a people
word: culture
sense: a people
word: denomination
sense: a people
word: ethnic group
sense: a people
word: ethnicity
sense: a people
word: faith
sense: a people
word: group
sense: a people
word: nation
sense: a people
word: people
sense: a people
word: persuasion
sense: a people
word: race
sense: a people
word: sect
sense: a people
word: tribe
sense: political existence as a national entity
word: autarchy
sense: political existence as a national entity
word: autonomy
sense: political existence as a national entity
word: freedom
sense: political existence as a national entity
word: independence
sense: political existence as a national entity
word: liberty
sense: political existence as a national entity
word: nationhood
sense: political existence as a national entity
word: self-determination
sense: political existence as a national entity
word: self-government
sense: political existence as a national entity
word: self-rule
sense: political existence as a national entity
word: separation
sense: political existence as a national entity
word: sovereignty
sense: nationalism
word: nationalism
sense: nationalism
word: patriotic sentiment
sense: nationalism
word: patriotism
Derived terms: antinationality
double nationality
dual nationality
ethnonationality
nationalitarian
nationality sign
transnationality
unnationality
Related terms: nation
national
nationalise
nationalism
nationalist
nationalistic
nationalize
nationhood
nation-state
nationwide
naturalize