the status of belonging to a particular nation by birth or naturalization

The quality of being national, or strongly attached to one's own nation; patriotism.

The sum of the qualities which distinguish a nation; national character.

A race or people, as determined by common language and character, and not by political bias or divisions; a nation.

Existence as a distinct or individual nation; national unity and integrity.

The state or quality of belonging to or being connected with a nation or government by nativity, character, ownership, allegiance, etc.

A group of people with a common cultural heritage that sets them apart from others in a variety of social relationships.

The state of being, or belonging to, a united people or country; character or traits of the united people of a country; birth in a country; patriotism; a united people and country.

State of being a nation; national character.

The quality of being national.

A nation.

Nationalize.

National character; national attachment; nation.

The quality of being strongly attached to one's own country; national character; any body of a population differing in race, language, and national feeling from the governing race of the state to which they belong.

True she had seen fit always to hide her mother's nationality from the schoolgirls. – Dorothy Dale at Glenwood School by Margaret Penrose

It has no nationality – The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) Last Updated: February 18, 2009

A citizen of a Southern State who knows that he can associate with you, the representatives of the Democracy and the nationality of Massachusetts, that he can associate with you on equal footing with the fellow- citizens and common members of these United States. – The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Jefferson Davis

The good heart that had prompted the good action twelve years before was still in the right place, above any petty considerations about nationality – Mr. Isaacs by F. Marion Crawford

These were the counts on which he was to be hanged: 1. Because he had come to Russia and mixed in affairs that did not concern his nationality and had done this in spite of warning to remain in France. – The Secret of the Night by Gaston Leroux

Fearful that his nationality might be discovered, he begged the count to be on his guard. – Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Samuel Adams Drake

I want to know for what nationality you would have taken me if you had not been informed?" – Mysterious Mr. Sabin by E. Phillips Oppenheim

Its chief was one Ingonyama, a Zulu, to which nationality belonged the bulk if not the whole of its members. – The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley by Bertram Mitford

And the man whose countenance he had so briefly seen was, no doubt, of her own nationality a Russian! – A Man and His Money by Frederic Stewart Isham

In this connection I refer also to the question of expatriation and the election of nationality – Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present by Various

An oppressed Catholic nationality above all a weak and powerless one, had therefore the right of appeal to the great Catholic powers for help against oppression. – Irish Race in the Past and the Present by Aug. J. Thebaud

And even those who would deny that proposition must admit that every inhabited dwelling has its own special nationality – The Chink in the Armour by Marie Belloc Lowndes

Eight months later, when Michael was in England, he heard through the 'Ulama of the riwak in el- Azhar to which he belonged by nationality that the old man had arrived and that he was now living the life of a mystic and a recluse. – There was a King in Egypt by Norma Lorimer

Chumbley, big, strong man as he was, felt sick as he stood there leaning on his sword, while with shouts of triumph the mob of mingled nationality dragged the corpse from the muddy pool. – One Maid's Mischief by George Manville Fenn

But if you would contemplate nationality as an active virtue, look around you. – The American Union Speaker by John D. Philbrick

And, standing aside with the courtly grace peculiar to those of his nationality he allowed his companion to precede him up the steps which led to Mirrab's tent. – The Tangled Skein by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy

On the contrary, it has ever been my desire that she should maintain her nationality and under a good government adapted to her condition be a free, independent, and prosperous Republic. – Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present by Various

I liked those kiddies, dear wee souls, just as sweet as any English kiddies, but then children have no nationality they are lovable for they all belong to the Never Never Land. – A Dominie in Doubt by A. S. Neill

We must respect manhood more than nationality and admire it for its own sake wherever found,- and it is found everywhere. – The Spanish Pioneers by Charles F. Lummis

Gregg had been selected on account of his nationality – Colonel Carter's Christmas and The Romance of an Old-Fashioned Gentleman by F. Hopkinson Smith