nationality
US: /ˌnæʃəˈnæɫəti/, /ˌnæʃəˈnæɫɪti/
UK: /nˌæʃənˈælɪti/
UK: /nˌæʃənˈælɪti/
English Vietnamese dictionary
nationality /,næʃə'næliti/
- danh từ
- tính chất dân tộc; tính chất quốc gia
- dân tộc; quốc gia
- men of all nationalities: người của mọi dân tộc
- quốc tịch
- what is your nationality?: anh thuộc quốc tịch nào?
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun (plural nationalities)
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.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 citizenship:
Some countries allow their citizens dual nationality.
2 race, nation, ethnic group, ethnos, clan, tribe; strain, stock, pedigree, heritage, roots, extraction, bloodline, breed:
The country became a melting-pot of myriad nationalities.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
various
cultural differences among various nationalities
| mixed
teams of mixed nationality
| dual
He has dual British and South African nationality.
| foreign | minority | Argentinian, etc.
VERB + NATIONALITY
have | acquire, adopt, assume, obtain, take
She is hoping to adopt Australian nationality.
| inherit | retain | change | give up, renounce | lose | grant sb | refuse sb
NATIONALITY + VERB
be represented
About 30 nationalities were represented at the tournament.
PHRASES
on (the) grounds of nationality
He accused them of discrimination on the grounds of nationality.
Concise English dictionary
nationalitiesnæʃə'nælətɪ
noun
+the status of belonging to a particular nation by birth or naturalization
+people having common origins or traditions and often comprising a nation
