NATIONALITY


Meaning of NATIONALITY in English

/ ˌnæʃəˈnæləti; NAmE / noun ( pl. -ies )

1.

[ U , C ] the legal right of belonging to a particular nation :

to take / have / hold French nationality

All applicants will be considered regardless of age, sex, religion or nationality.

The college attracts students of all nationalities.

She has dual nationality (= is a citizen of two countries) .

2.

[ C ] a group of people with the same language, culture and history who form part of a political nation :

Kazakhstan alone contains more than a hundred nationalities.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.