nationality

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun people having common origins or traditions and often comprising a nation
  2. noun the status of belonging to a particular nation by birth or naturalization

Etymology

From national + -ity, perhaps after French nationalité; ultimately from Latin nātio (“nation, people”).

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