nationality🔊

Legal membership of a particular nation or state, by origin, birth, naturalization, ownership, allegiance or otherwise.

A people sharing a common origin, culture and/or language, and possibly constituting a nation-state.

(rare) National, i.e. ethnic and/or cultural, character or identity.

(rare) Nationalism or patriotism.

(obsolete) Political existence, independence or unity as a national entity.