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noun
Also called dual nationality. the status of a person who is a legal citizen of two or more countries.
citizenship of both a state and a nation, in nations consisting of a federation of states, as the U.S.
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Origin of dual citizenship
First recorded in 1920–25
Words nearby dual citizenship
Dual Alliance, dual-band, dual-carb, dual carriageway, dual citizen, dual citizenship, dual heritage, dual highway, dualism, dualistic, duality
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How to use dual citizenship in a sentence
It ranks the passports of 197 countries by measuring the attractiveness of the locations for relocation, investment, and dual citizenship, and showing how travel-, investor-, and relocation-friendly passports are.
Emanuel, the son of an Israeli doctor, had dual citizenship until he was 18.
Growing up with dual citizenship, Keshavarz is intimately acquainted with cultural schizophrenia.