nationality
US: /ˌnæʃəˈnæɫəti/, /ˌnæʃəˈnæɫɪti/
UK: /nˌæʃənˈælɪti/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
nationality /,næʃə'næliti/- danh từ
- tính chất dân tộc; tính chất quốc gia
- dân tộc; quốc gia
- men of all nationalities: người của mọi dân tộc
- quốc tịch
- what is your nationality?: anh thuộc quốc tịch nào?
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun (plural nationalities)1 [U, C] the legal right of belonging to a particular nation: to take / have / hold French nationality + All applicants will be considered regardless of age, sex, religion or nationality. + The college attracts students of all nationalities. + She has dual nationality (= is a citizen of two countries).
2 [C] a group of people with the same language, culture and history who form part of a political nation: Kazakhstan alone contains more than a hundred nationalities.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 citizenship:
Some countries allow their citizens dual nationality.
2 race, nation, ethnic group, ethnos, clan, tribe; strain, stock, pedigree, heritage, roots, extraction, bloodline, breed:
The country became a melting-pot of myriad nationalities.
Collocation
ADJ.
various
cultural differences among various nationalities
| mixed
teams of mixed nationality
| dual
He has dual British and South African nationality.
| foreign | minority | Argentinian, etc.
VERB + NATIONALITY
have | acquire, adopt, assume, obtain, take
She is hoping to adopt Australian nationality.
| inherit | retain | change | give up, renounce | lose | grant sb | refuse sb
NATIONALITY + VERB
be represented
About 30 nationalities were represented at the tournament.
PHRASES
on (the) grounds of nationality
He accused them of discrimination on the grounds of nationality.
Concise dictionary
nationalitiesnæʃə'nælətɪnoun
+the status of belonging to a particular nation by birth or naturalization
+people having common origins or traditions and often comprising a nation
