national
[ nash-uh-nl, nash-nuh l ]
/ ˈnæʃ ə nl, ˈnæʃ nəl /
adjective
noun
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national
/ (ˈnæʃənəl) /
adjective
of, involving, or relating to a nation as a whole
of, relating to, or characteristic of a particular nationthe national dress of Poland
rare nationalistic or patriotic
noun
a citizen or subject
a national newspaper
Derived Formsnationally, adverb
British Dictionary definitions for national (2 of 2)
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Word Origin and History for national
national
1590s, from Middle French national (from Old French nation), and also from nation + -al (1). As a noun, "citizen of a (particular) nation," from 1887. National anthem first recorded 1819, in Shelley. Related: Nationally.
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