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dual citizenship

[doo-uhl sit-uh-zuhn-ship, -suhn-, dyoo-]

noun

  1. Also called dual nationalitythe 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of dual citizenship1

First recorded in 1920–25

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dual citizendual heritage