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'''nationality''' (plural '''nationalities''') | '''nationality''' (plural '''nationalities''') | ||
| − | # [[National origin]] or [[identity]]; legal membership of a particular [[nation]] or [[state]], by origin, birth, naturalization, ownership, allegiance or otherwise. | + | # [[National origin]] or [[identity]]; legal membership of a particular [[nation]] or [[state]], by origin, birth, naturalization, ownership, allegiance, or otherwise. |
| + | #: ''She was born in Spain to a Brazilian father and a Chilean mother and so was eligible for three '''nationalities'''.'' | ||
| + | #: ''Please include your '''nationality''' on the form.'' | ||
# A people sharing a common origin, culture and/or language, and possibly constituting a [[nation-state]]. | # A people sharing a common origin, culture and/or language, and possibly constituting a [[nation-state]]. | ||
{{Wictionary_credits|nationality|73503792}} | {{Wictionary_credits|nationality|73503792}} | ||
Revision as of 20:36, 28 June 2023
Etymology
From national + -ity, perhaps after French nationalité; ultimately from Latin nātio (nation, people).
Noun
nationality (plural nationalities)
- National origin or identity; legal membership of a particular nation or state, by origin, birth, naturalization, ownership, allegiance, or otherwise.
- She was born in Spain to a Brazilian father and a Chilean mother and so was eligible for three nationalities.
- Please include your nationality on the form.
- A people sharing a common origin, culture and/or language, and possibly constituting a nation-state.
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