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National Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of National? [n] a person who owes allegiance to that nation; "a monarch has a duty to his subjects" [adj] inside the country; "the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior"; "the nation's internal politics" [adj] 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" [adj] limited to or in the interests of a particular nation; "national interests"; "isolationism is a strictly national policy" [adj] owned or maintained for the public by the national government; "national parks" [adj] of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country; "national hero"; "national anthem"; "a national landmark" [adj] of or relating to nationality; "national origin" [adj] characteristic of or peculiar to the people of a nation; "a national trait" Synonyms \| Synonyms for National: domestic \| federal \| general \| home(a) \| interior(a) \| internal \| nationalist \| nationalistic \| public \| subject Related Terms \| Find terms related to National: all-comprehending \| all-comprehensive \| all-covering \| all-embracing \| all-encompassing \| all-filling \| all-including \| all-inclusive \| allover \| all-pervading \| catholic \| chauvinistic \| citizen \| citizen by adoption \| civic \| civil \| clannish \| common \| communal \| cosmopolitan \| cosmopolite \| country-wide \| ecumenic \| ethnic \| family \| federal \| galactic \| general \| genetic \| gentile \| gentilic \| global \| governmental \| heaven-wide \| home \| hyphenate \| hyphenated American \| immigrant \| inhabitant \| inland \| internal \| international \| intestine \| jingoistic \| lineal \| metic \| municipal \| nationalist \| nationalistic \| native \| naturalized citizen \| nondenominational \| nonnative citizen \| nonsectarian \| patriotic \| phyletic \| phylogenetic \| planetary \| popular \| public \| racial \| resident \| social \| societal \| state \| subject \| supranational \| total \| totemic \| tribal \| universal \| world-wide See Also \| a people \| citizen \| compatriot \| country \| human \| individual \| land \| mortal \| nation \| nationalist \| patriot \| person \| somebody \| someone \| soul National In Webster's Dictionary \Na"tion*al\ (?; 277), a. [Cf. F. national.] 1. Of or pertaining to a nation; common to a whole people or race; public; general; as, a national government, language, dress, custom, calamity, etc. 2. Attached to one's own country or nation. {National anthem}, a popular song or hymn which has become by general acceptance the recognized musical expression of the patriotic sentiment of a nation; as, ``God save the King'' is called the national anthem of England. {National bank}, the official common name of a class of banking corporations established under the laws of the United States. {National flag}. See under {Flag}. {National guard}, a body of militia, or a local military organization, as in Paris during the French Revolution, or as certain bodies of militia in other European countries and in the United States. {National salute}, a salute consisting of as many guns as there are States in the Union. [U.S.]

National Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of National?

[n] a person who owes allegiance to that nation; "a monarch has a duty to his subjects"
[adj] inside the country; "the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior"; "the nation's internal politics"
[adj] 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"
[adj] limited to or in the interests of a particular nation; "national interests"; "isolationism is a strictly national policy"
[adj] owned or maintained for the public by the national government; "national parks"
[adj] of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country; "national hero"; "national anthem"; "a national landmark"
[adj] of or relating to nationality; "national origin"
[adj] characteristic of or peculiar to the people of a nation; "a national trait"

National In Webster's Dictionary

\Na"tion*al\ (?; 277), a. [Cf. F. national.]
1. Of or pertaining to a nation; common to a whole people or
   race; public; general; as, a national government,
   language, dress, custom, calamity, etc.

2. Attached to one's own country or nation.

{National anthem}, a popular song or hymn which has become by
   general acceptance the recognized musical expression of
   the patriotic sentiment of a nation; as, ``God save the
   King'' is called the national anthem of England.

{National bank}, the official common name of a class of
   banking corporations established under the laws of the
   United States.

{National flag}. See under {Flag}.

{National guard}, a body of militia, or a local military
   organization, as in Paris during the French Revolution, or
   as certain bodies of militia in other European countries
   and in the United States.

{National salute}, a salute consisting of as many guns as
   there are States in the Union. [U.S.]

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