1. Adjective
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. Adjective
Attached to one's own country or nation.
3. Adjective
concerned with or applicable to or belonging to an entire nation or country; "the national government"; "national elections"; "of national concern"; "the national highway system"; "national forests"
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science
4. Noun
a person who owes allegiance to that nation; "a monarch has a duty to his subjects"
Vocabulary classified under Education
5. Adjective
owned or maintained for the public by the national government; "national parks"
Vocabulary classified under Politics and government
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