dual citizenship

American  

[doo-uhl sit-uh-zuhn-ship, -suhn-, dyoo-] / ˈdu əl ˈsɪt ə zənˌʃɪp, -sən-, ˈdyu- /

noun

1. Also called dual nationality.  the status of a person who is a legal citizen of two or more countries.

2. citizenship of both a state and a nation, in nations consisting of a federation of states, as the U.S.

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Etymology

Origin of dual citizenship

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

I was able to gain dual citizenship.

From MarketWatch

I had to give up my Indian citizenship in order to get it; there's no dual citizenship allowed between the two countries.

From Salon

China does not recognise dual citizenship and takes a tough stance on drug crimes.

From BBC

He estimates that around 250,000 diaspora Koreans around the world unwittingly have dual citizenship because of the law.

From Los Angeles Times

Then in 2020, the Constitutional Court sided with an 17-year-old Korean American student who argued that the 2005 law placed disproportionate burdens on diaspora Koreans and violated their basic rights — namely the freedom to choose occupations that forbade dual citizenship, such as working on a Navy nuclear submarine.

From Los Angeles Times