Thesaurus: national

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1. 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.
2. a. Attached to one's own country or nation.
3. adj. of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country
4. adj. limited to or in the interests of a particular nation
5. adj. concerned with or applicable to or belonging to an entire nation or country
6. adj. owned or maintained for the public by the national government
7. adj. inside the country
8. adj. characteristic of or peculiar to the people of a nation
9. adj. of or relating to nationality
10. n. a person who owes allegiance to that nation
11. 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.]
12. j:99/n:1 n. a person who owes allegiance to that nation a. of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country a. limited to or in the interests of a particular nation a. concerned with or applicable to or belonging to an entire nation or country