national

Meaning

Adj

1. Pertaining to a nation or country, especially as a whole; affecting, shared by, or existing throughout all of a nation.
2. Belonging to or characteristic of a specific nation or country, as opposed to others.
3. Nationalistic; patriotic.

Noun

1. A subject of a nation.
2. A tournament in which participants from all over the nation compete.
3. A national newspaper.

Concepts

national

citizen

state

subject

public

ethnic

nationwide

domestic

nation-wide

governmental

popular

racial

people

home

interior

internal

nationality

nation

countrywide

generic

typical

state-sponsored

country-wide

whole country

invaluable

priceless

respectable

denizen

inhabitant

countryman

fellow citizen

federal

municipal

patrial

subordinate

folk

people’s

gentilitial

nat.

compatriot

fellow countryman

political

ethnical

obedient

personal

subjective

regional

general

traditional

capital

city

metropolis

Japan

Japanese

native

nationalistic

patriotic

countrymen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈnaʃn̩(ə)l/

Etymology

From Middle French national, corresponding to nation + -al.

Sentences

However , the cat is very rare now even in the national park .

She also write articles in several international and national newspapers .

This combination of colours are traditional for the national team since their first game .

The national tour ended the following year as his management costs proved too expensive .

This can arouse national interest !

The mountain is in the John Muir Wilderness Area in the Inyo National Forest .