nationality
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- noun
- /ˌnæʃəˈnælɪti/
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nacionalidad
- Hanne Goldstein retains her Danish nationality, but she de-emphasizes its importance.
- citizenship and nationality
- retain nationality
- dual nationality
And I feel like they possibly got the nationality of this woman wrong, OK?
- And I feel like they possibly got the nationality of this woman wrong, OK?
- Let's deport those who have dual nationality, who have been perpetrators in this crime.
- A lot of countries have these, and the whole point is that we know nothing about the person inside the tomb except that they share our nationality.
- You're going to be like, I don't know what nationality you you are.
- He was an Iraqi but with dual nationality with British and Iraqi nationality.
- You can't choose or change or abandoned your nationality.
- And they're grappling with scenarios that nationality law in its infancy was just only beginning to work out.
Examples
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Although people from all nationalities immigrate to the United States, the majority of immigrants are from Latin America.
Academic text (2008) -
Bachelor number one, what nationality are you?
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What does my nationality have to do with this?
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What is your nationality, sir?
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When you see the red light go on... ...would you please state in the following order: your destination, your nationality and your full name.
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He asked me my nationality.
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What is your nationality?
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The most recent nationality act, the British Nationality Act, was enacted in 1981 and implemented on 1 January 1983.
Academic text (1990) -
It isn't a question of nationality or creed.
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What is your nationality?
Synonyms
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Being a legal member of a country with rights and responsibilities
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Nationality comes from nation, a word that originally meant 'birth' or 'people born in the same place', and the ending -ality turns it into a condition. So nationality means the country you belong to by birth or by law, the status your passport usually shows.