nationaladjective
uk/ˈnæʃ.ən.əl//ˈnæʃ.nəl/us/ˈnæʃ.ən.əl//ˈnæʃ.nəl/A2 relating to or typical of a whole country and its people, rather than to part of that country or to other countries:
a national holiday
Britain has more than ten national newspapers.
The company's national headquarters is in Rome.
The children were wearing traditional national costume/dress.
The government's view is that raising taxes now would not be in the national interest (= would not be good for the country).
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- The national anthems of the teams are played at the beginning of a big international football match.
- A statue was erected to glorify the country's national heroes.
- The idea behind the national lottery is to raise money for good causes.
- Several passages from the book were printed in a national newspaper before it was published.
- She was too young to vote in the national election.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Countries, nationalities & continents: country & nation
- Afro
- citizenship
- compatriot
- countrywide
- homegrown
- homeland
- internation
- land
- mother country
- motherland
- nation
- nation-state
- offshore
- soil
- South Sudan
- state
- state-controlled
- statehood
- stateless
- subject
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nationalnoun [ C usually plural ]
uk/ˈnæʃ.ən.əl//ˈnæʃ.nəl/us/ˈnæʃ.ən.əl//ˈnæʃ.nəl/someone who officially belongs to a particular country:
30 people, including six Mexican nationals, were killed in yesterday's plane crash.
All foreign nationals were advised to leave the country following the outbreak of civil war.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Countries, nationalities & continents: country & nation
- Afro
- citizenship
- compatriot
- countrywide
- homegrown
- homeland
- internation
- land
- mother country
- motherland
- nation
- nation-state
- offshore
- soil
- South Sudan
- state
- state-controlled
- statehood
- stateless
- subject
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