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)