nationality

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌnæʃəˈnælɪti/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˌnæʃəˈnælɪti/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(nash′ə nali tē)

Inflections of 'nationality' (n): npl: nationalities
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nationality
You use nationality to say what country someone legally belongs to. For example, you say that someone ‘has Belgian nationality’.
He's got British nationality.
They have the right to claim Hungarian nationality.
Be careful
Don't use ‘nationality’ to talk about things. Don't say, for example, that something ‘has Swedish nationality’. You say that it comes from Sweden or was made in Sweden.
The best vanilla comes from Mexico.
All of the trucks that Ford sold in Europe were made in Britain.
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