🤝 Between two countries 🛂 Having two citizenships 🌍 A dual citizen

binational

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Having legal citizenship in two different countries at the same time

adjective
/ˌbaɪˈnæʃənl/

: binacional

The Institute is a binational entity; the joint creation of the law schools at Case Western Reserve University School of Law and the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario.

Examples

The coalition would group "all parties to the left of Kadima" in a single bloc, even the Communist Hadash party, which includes Arab Israeli political movements that promote a binational state and the dismantling of Zionism.

Academic text (2011)
Binational coverage provides a promising alternative.

Academic text (2011)
The two-state solution represents the best chance to achieve peace as opposed to trying to establish Palestinian autonomy or the creation of a single, binational state comprising both Israeli and Palestinian entities.

Academic text (2005)
Binational coverage, in which entities (i.e., insurance, health care system) on both sides of the US-Mexico border share coverage and care, would capitalize on such findings, likely improving access for farmworkers.

Academic text (2011)
Raul and Maria decided to raise their children in a binational household, celebrating both their American and Mexican heritages.
As a binational citizen, she has the right to vote in both her home country and her adopted country.
The conference addressed the challenges faced by binational families living along the US-Mexico border.

Surface Forms

binational positive

Morphology

binational = national (transparent) = bi + nation + al

The formation is a clear prefixation of 'bi-' onto the adjective 'national', producing the expected meaning 'two nations'.

Etymology

Binational comes from bi- ('two') and national ('nation' or 'country'), so it literally points to 'two countries'. A binational person has legal citizenship or official ties to two countries at the same time.