Meanings
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1
noun
The legal status of belonging to a particular nation or country.
After living here for five years, she applied for British nationality.
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2
noun
A group of people sharing a common origin, culture, or language.
The region is home to several different nationalities.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
1
noun
· the legal status of...
citizenship
2
noun
· a group of people sharing a...
ethnic group
Word family
Forms
nationalities
Derived forms
antinationalityethnonationalitynationalitariantransnationalityunnationality
Related forms
nationnation-statenationalnationalisenationalismnationalistnationalisticnationalizenationhoodnationwidenaturalize
Etymology
From national + -ity, perhaps after French nationalité; ultimately from Latin nātio (“nation, people”).