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• past participle of naturalize.
• past tense form of naturalize.

naturalized

American  

[nach-er-uh-lahyzd] / ˈnætʃ ər əˌlaɪzd /

adjective

1. having been given the rights and privileges of citizenship after immigrating from another country.

2. (of an athlete) playing for a particular country's national team on the basis of having met certain criteria of residency or ancestry while not being a citizen of that country.

3. (of organisms) having become established in a region as if native there after being introduced from a different one.

4. (of a garden, wetland, or other area) intentionally populated with mostly native species which are then allowed to flourish and grow wild with little or no human intervention.

5. (of landscaping) involved in planting or managing such gardens, areas, etc.

6. (of a word or custom) having become mainstream in a particular language or culture after being introduced or borrowed from a foreign one.

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Other Word Forms

• denaturalized
  adjective
• non-naturalized
  adjective
• renaturalized
  adjective

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Example Sentences

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naturalized

It is against federal law for immigrants who are not naturalized citizens to vote or register to do so.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

The next target may be a different member of Congress, a public official or a naturalized citizen without Omar’s visibility or resources.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

Omar became a U.S. citizen in 2000, under a law that makes minors eligible for citizenship when their parents are naturalized.

From Slate ● Oct. 13, 2026

My father, an unschooled sawmill worker, was a naturalized citizen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

In theory, these naturalized citizens are equal in standing to those born in the United States.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

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