2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nationality \Na`tion*al"i*ty\, n.; pl {Nationalities}. [Cf. F.
nationalit['e].]
1. The quality of being national, or strongly attached to
one's own nation; patriotism.
2. The sum of the qualities which distinguish a nation;
national character.
3. A race or people, as determined by common language and
character, and not by political bias or divisions; a
nation.
the fulfillment of his mission is to be looked for
in the condition of nationalities and the character
of peoples. --H. W.
Beecher.
4. Existence as a distinct or individual nation; national
unity and integrity.
5. The state or quality of belonging to or being connected
with a nation or government by nativity, character,
ownership, allegiance, etc
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
nationality
n 1: the people of a nation or country or a community of persons
bound by a common heritage; "a nation of Catholics";
"the whole country worshipped him" [syn: {nation}, {land},
{country}, {a people}]
2: the status of belonging to a particular nation by birth or
naturalization
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