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na·tion·al·i·ty  (nsh-nl-t, nsh-nl-)
n. pl. na·tion·al·i·ties
1. The status of belonging to a particular nation by origin, birth, or naturalization.
2. A people having common origins or traditions and often constituting a nation.
3. Existence as a politically autonomous entity; national independence.
4. National character.
5. Nationalism.

nationality
Noun
pl -ties
1. the fact of being a citizen of a particular nation
2. a group of people of the same race: young men of all nationalities
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.nationality - people having common origins or traditions and often comprising a nation; "immigrants of the same nationality often seek each other out"; "such images define their sense of nationality"
people - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience"
2.nationalitynationality - the status of belonging to a particular nation by birth or naturalization
status, position - the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life"

nationality
noun 1. citizenship, birth
noun 2. race, nation, ethnic group
Translations

nationality [næʃəˈnælɪtɪ] nnacionalidad f
nationality [næʃəˈnælɪtɪ] national nnationalité f
nationality [næʃəˈnælɪtɪ] national nStaatsangehörigkeit f, Nationalität f
nationality [næʃəˈnælɪtɪ] nnazionalità f inv

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No one seems to know or to care what my nationality is, and I am treated, on the contrary, with the civility which is the portion of every traveller who pays the bill without scanning the items too narrowly.
These shopkeepers detest the English and despise the Americans; they are rude to both, more especially to ladies of your nationality and mine.
I was living in a time of high political tumult, and I certainly cared very much for the question of slavery which was then filling the minds of men; I felt deeply the shame and wrong of our Fugitive Slave Law; I was stirred by the news from Kansas, where the great struggle between the two great principles in our nationality was beginning in bloodshed; but I cannot pretend that any of these things were more than ripples on the surface of my intense and profound interest in literature.
 
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