NATIONALITY


Meaning of NATIONALITY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌna-shə-ˈna-lə-tē, ˌnash-ˈna- ]

noun

( plural -ties )

Date: 1691

1. : national character

2. : nationalism 1

3.

a. : national status ; specifically : a legal relationship involving allegiance on the part of an individual and usually protection on the part of the state

b. : membership in a particular nation

4. : political independence or existence as a separate nation

5.

a. : a people having a common origin, tradition, and language and capable of forming or actually constituting a nation-state

b. : an ethnic group constituting one element of a larger unit (as a nation)

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.