Definition of national National

/næˈʃʌnʌl/ - [natshunul] - Na•tion•al

We found 18 definitions of national from 6 different sources.

What does national mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: nationals
national - a person who owes allegiance to that nation; "a monarch has a duty to his subjects"
		subject
		mortal, somebody, someone, individual, person, soul a single organism
		nation, country, land the people who live in a nation or country; "a statement that sums up the nation's mood"; "the news was announced to the nation"; "the whole country worshipped him"
		citizen a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community
		compatriot a person from your own country
Adjective
national - limited to or in the interests of a particular nation; "national interests"; "isolationism is a strictly national policy"
		international concerning or belonging to all or at least two or more nations; "international affairs"; "an international agreement"; "international waters"
		domestic produced in a particular country; "domestic wine"; "domestic oil"
national - of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country; "national hero"; "national anthem"; "a national landmark"
national - concerned with or applicable to or belonging to an entire nation or country; "the national government"; "national elections"; "of national concern"; "the national highway system"; "national forests"
		local relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area; "local taxes"; "local authorities"
national - of or relating to nationality; "national origin"
national - characteristic of or peculiar to the people of a nation; "a national trait"
national - owned or maintained for the public by the national government; "national parks"
national - inside the country; "the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior"; "the nation's internal politics"
		home, interior, internal

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Wiktionary

national (Noun)
A citizen of a nation.
national (Noun)
A tournament in which participants from all over the nation compete.
national (Adjective)
Of or having to do with a nation.
national (Adjective)
Of or having to do with a country sovereign state.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

national (a.)
Of or pertaining to a nation; common to a whole people or race; public; general; as, a national government, language, dress, custom, calamity, etc.
national (a.)
Attached to one's own country or nation.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

national
Having to do with a nation.
national
A person who is a citizen of a nation.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

national
nash′un-al, adj. pertaining to a nation: public: general: attached to one's own country.—n. Nationalisā′tion, the act of nationalising, as of railways, private property, &c.: the state of being nationalised.—v.t. Nat′ionalise, to make national: to make a nation of.—ns. Nat′ionalism; Nat′ionalist, one who strives after national unity or independence, esp. as in Ireland for more or less separation from Great Britain: an advocate of nationalism: National′ity, birth or membership in a particular country: separate existence as a nation: a nation, race of people: national character.—adv. Nat′ionally.—n. Nat′ionalness.—National air, anthem, the popular song by which a people's patriotic feelings are expressed; National Church, the church established by law in a country; National Convention, the sovereign assembly which sat from Sept. 21, 1792, to Oct. 26, 1795, after the abolition of monarchy in France; National debt, money borrowed by the government of a country and not yet paid; National flag, or ensign, the principal flag of a country; National guard, a force which took part in the French Revolution, first formed in 1789