nationality

/ˌnæʃ.əˈnæl.ɪ.ti/

noun 5

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

various

The international school welcomes students from various nationalities and backgrounds.

mixed

The classroom had students of mixed nationality, which made learning about different cultures easier.

dual

My colleague was able to work internationally because she held dual nationality through her parents.

foreign | minority | Argentinian, etc.

VERB + NATIONALITY

have

acquire, adopt, assume, obtain, take

After living in Canada for five years, he decided to acquire Canadian nationality.

NATIONALITY + VERB

be represented

At the international conference, more than fifty nationalities were represented by delegates from around the world.

PHRASES

on (the) grounds of nationality

The company was fined for refusing to hire workers on grounds of nationality.

Definitions

noun

Legal membership of a particular nation or state, by origin, birth, naturalization, ownership, allegiance or otherwise.

By living in the country for five years, you are entitled to get nationality.

Stefi was born in Spain to a Brazilian father and a Chilean mother, so is eligible for three nationalities.

A people sharing a common origin, culture and/or language, and possibly constituting a nation-state.

National, i.e. ethnic and/or cultural, character or identity.

[…]permit me to say that the Harranians were Arabs and that the Arabs in occupying Spain and Andalusia did not lose their nationality; they remained Arabs. […] The fact that they preserved their former religion, Sabaeanism, does not mean they should be considered foreign to the Arab nationality.

Nationalism or patriotism.

‘You are, to be sure, wonderfully free from that nationality: but so it happens, that you employ the only Scotch shoe-black in London.’

Political existence, independence or unity as a national entity.

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Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

By living in the country for five years, you are entitled to get nationality.

Wiktionary

Stefi was born in Spain to a Brazilian father and a Chilean mother, so is eligible for three nationalities.

Wiktionary

Please include your nationality on the form.

Wiktionary

I have French nationality but Vietnamese origins.

Tatoeba · #2142

Our true nationality is mankind.

Tatoeba · #23381

Anyone can participate in the game, no matter what nationality they are.

Tatoeba · #47300

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, nationality is marked as archaic, obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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