English
Etymology
From national + -ity , recorded since 1691, perhaps modelled on (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] French nationalité ; ultimately from (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Latin nātio ( “ nation, people ” ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˌnæ.ʃəˈnæl.ɪ.ti/ , /ˌnæʃ.ˈnæl.ɪ.ti/ , /-ˈnæl.ə.ti/ , /-ˈnæl.ti/
Hyphenation: na‧tion‧al‧i‧ty , na‧tion‧al‧ity
Noun
nationality (plural nationalities )
Membership of a particular nation or state , by origin, birth, naturalization, ownership, allegiance or otherwise.
National, i.e. ethnic and/or cultural, character or identity.
A people sharing a common origin, culture and/or language, and possibly constituting a nation-state .
Political existence, independence or unity as a national entity.
( archaic ) Nationalism or patriotism .
Synonyms
( membership of a nation or state ) : affiliation , allegiance , ancestry , citizenship , descent , enfranchisement , ethnicity , national status , naturalization , origin , parentage , race , residence , status
( national character or identity ) : ancestry , color , colour , ethnicity , identity , origin
( a people ) : clan , confederation , cultural group , culture , denomination , ethnic group , ethnicity , faith , group , nation , people , persuasion , race , sect , tribe
( political existence as a national entity ) : autarchy , autonomy , freedom , independence , liberty , nationhood , self-determination , self-government , self-rule , separation , sovereignty
( nationalism ) : nationalism , patriotic sentiment , patriotism ,
Translations
membership of a nation or state
Afrikaans: nasionaliteit
Arabic: جِنْسِيَّة f ( jinsiyya )
Armenian: ազգություն (hy) ( azgutʻyun ) , քաղաքացիություն (hy) ( kʻaġakʻacʻiutʻyun ) ( citizenship )
Belarusian: нацыяна́льнасць f ( nacyjanálʹnascʹ ) , грамадзя́нства n ( hramadzjánstva ) ( citizenship )
Bulgarian: национа́лност (bg) f ( nacionálnost ) , гражда́нство n ( graždánstvo ) ( citizenship )
Burmese: အမျိုးသား (my) ( a.myui:sa: )
Catalan: nacionalitat f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 國籍 / 国籍 (zh) ( guójí ) , 国籍 (zh) ( guójí )
Czech: národnost (cs) f (ethnicity ), občanství (cs) n (citizenship )
Danish: nationalitet (da) c
Dutch: nationaliteit (nl) f , staatsburgerschap (nl) n
Faroese: tjóðskapur m
Finnish: kansallisuus (fi)
French: nationalité (fr) f
Galician: nacionalidade (gl) f
German: Nationalität (de)
Greek: εθνικότητα (el) f ( ethnikótita )
Haitian Creole: nasyonalite
Hindi: राष्ट्रीयता (hi) f ( rāṣṭrīytā ) , कौमियत (hi) f ( kaumiyat )
Hungarian: nemzetiség (hu) ( of a nation ) , állampolgárság (hu) ( of a state )
Icelandic: þjóðerni (is) n
Irish: náisiúntacht f
Italian: nazionalità (it) f
Japanese: 国籍 (ja) ( こくせき, kokuseki )
Khmer: សញ្ជាតិ (km) ( sanh chiet )
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Korean: 국적 (ko) ( gukjeok ) (國籍 )
Lao: ສັນຊາດ (lo) ( san sāt )
Luxembourgish: Nationalitéit
Macedonian: националност f ( nacionalnost )
Norman: nâtionalité f
Norwegian: nasjonalitet (no) m
Persian: ملیت (fa) ( melliyyat )
Polish: narodowość (pl) f
Portuguese: nacionalidade (pt) f
Romanian: naționalitate (ro) f
Russian: национа́льность (ru) f ( nacionálʹnostʹ ) , наро́дность (ru) f ( naródnostʹ ) , гражда́нство (ru) n ( graždánstvo ) ( citizenship )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: национа́лно̄ст f
Roman: nacionálnōst (sh) f
Slovak: národnosť f , občianstvo n ( citizenship )
Slovene: državljanstvo n
Spanish: nacionalidad (es) f
Swahili: uraya (sw) , utaifa (sw)
Swedish: nationalitet (sv) c
Tagalog: katauhambansa
Thai: สัญชาติ ( sǎn-châat )
Ukrainian: наро́дність f ( naródnistʹ ) , громадя́нство n ( hromadjánstvo ) ( citizenship )
Vietnamese: quốc tịch (vi)
national character or identity
people belonging to a nation or state
Czech: národnost (cs) f (to an ethnicity ), občané (cs) m pl , obyvatelé (cs) m pl (to a state )
Dutch: nationaliteit (nl) f , natie (nl) , volk (nl)
Finnish: kansa (fi) , kansakunta (fi)
Hungarian: nemzet (hu)
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Russian: наро́д (ru) m ( naród ) , на́ция (ru) f ( nácija ) , э́тнос (ru) m ( étnos ) , пле́мя (ru) n ( plémja )
Swahili: uraya (sw) , utaifa (sw)
Ukrainian: наро́д m ( naród ) , на́ція (uk) f ( nácija ) , люд m ( ljud ) , е́тнос m ( étnos ) , пле́м'я n ( plémʺja )
political existence as a national entity
Translations to be checked: "citizenship"
See also