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<A NAME="national">
<B>national, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of a nation; belonging to a whole nation. <BR> <I>Ex. national laws, a national language, a national disaster.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>strongly upholding one's own nation; patriotic. <DD><B> 3. </B>extending throughout the nation; having chapters, branches, or members in every part of the nation. <BR> <I>Ex. the National Academy of Sciences.</I> <DD> (Abbr:) nat. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a citizen of a nation. <BR> <I>Ex. Many nationals of Canada visit the United States.</I> <DD><B> 2a. </B>a person who owes allegiance to a nation. <BR> <I>Ex. Before independence, Filipinos were U.S. nationals.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>a member of an ethnic group in some European and Asian countries, such as Serbia, Croatia, and Azerbaijan. <DD><B> 3. </B>a fellow countryman; compatriot. <DD><B> 4. </B>Often <B>nationals.</B> a tournament or other competition that is held among athletes or sportsmen from all parts of a country. </DL>
<A NAME="nationalair">
<B>national air,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a song which by national selection or consent is usually sung or played on certain public occasions. </DL>
<A NAME="nationalanthem">
<B>national anthem,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the official patriotic song or hymn of a nation, sung or played on certain public occasions, such as "God Save the Queen" in England, "The Star-Spangled Banner" in the United States, and the "Marseillaise" in France. </DL>
<A NAME="nationalassembly">
<B>National Assembly,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the lower house of the French legislature. <DD><B> 2. </B>the two houses of the French parliament under the Third Republic. <DD><B> 3. </B>the first legislature, from 1789 to 1791, during the French Revolution. <DD><B> 4. </B>a title for the lower house of various national governments. </DL>
<A NAME="nationalbank">
<B>national bank,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a bank that has a charter from the national government. In the United States, the national banks are members of the Federal Reserve System and at one time were permitted to issue notes acceptable as money. <DD><B> 2. </B>a government-owned or controlled bank, usually closely associated with the financial structure of the country, such as the Bank of England. </DL>
<A NAME="nationalconvention">
<B>National Convention,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the legislature of France from 1792 to 1795, during the French Revolution. </DL>
<A NAME="nationaldebt">
<B>national debt,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the total amount that the government of a nation owes. <BR> <I>Ex. The small surplus in the budget achieved in the fiscal year just ended was used ... to make a "modest" reduction in the national debt (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="nationalforest">
<B>national forest,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> land and forest area set aside by the President of the United States to be protected and managed by the Federal government. <BR> <I>Ex. More than fifty million visitors are now using the National Forests alone each year (Harper's).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="nationalguard">
<B>National Guard,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the reserve militia of each state of the United States, supported in part by the Federal government. Units of the National Guard meet to train periodically and are subject to call in time of emergency or war by a state or the Federal government. (Abbr:) N.G. </DL>
<A NAME="nationalheroesday">
<B>National Heroes' Day,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> November 30, a legal holiday in the Philippine Islands. </DL>
<A NAME="nationalincome">
<B>national income,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the total net income of a country for a year, expressed in the currency of the country and computed as the total of money received as income or taxable revenue by individuals, business organizations, and publicly-owned undertakings in the country. <BR> <I>Ex. The national income of a nation bears a definite relation to that country's welfare (Emory S. Bogardus).</I> </DL>
<B>nationalism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>patriotic feelings or efforts; devotion to the interests of one's own nation. <BR> <I>Ex. The spirit of nationalism is still far stronger than the spirit of world community (Emory S. Bogardus).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>extreme patriotism; chauvinism. <BR> <I>Ex. The experience of two wars ... had shown ... what too much nationalism could mean (New York Times).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>the desire and plans for national independence. <BR> <I>Ex. In an ... appeal to the flammable nationalism of Africa's restive millions ... (Newsweek).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>a form of socialism that advocates government ownership and control of all industries. <DD><B> 5. </B>a word, phrase, trait, or custom viewed as peculiar to, and usually as an identifying sign of membership in, a given nation. <BR> <I>Ex. OK is probably the chief verbal nationalism of the United States.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="nationalist">
<B>nationalist, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> an upholder of nationalism; person who believes in nationalism. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B><B>=nationalistic.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B><B>Nationalist,</B> of or having to do with Nationalist China. <BR> <I>Ex. a Nationalist garrison on Quemoy.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="nationalistic">
<B>nationalistic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of nationalism or nationalists. <BR> <I>Ex. He has used the nationalistic instincts of the French more shrewdly than any politician of his generation (Edmond Taylor).</I> adv. <B>nationalistically.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="nationality">
<B>nationality, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ties.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a nation. <BR> <I>Ex. Several nationalities are represented in the line of ancestors of most Americans.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the condition of belonging to a nation; status as a national, through birth or through naturalization. Citizens of the same country have the same nationality. <BR> <I>Ex. Strictly speaking, nationality is determined by legal residence (Beals and Hoijer).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>the condition of being an independent nation. <BR> <I>Ex. After the American Revolutionary War, the colonies attained nationality.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>national quality or character. <BR> <I>Ex. I have little faith in that quality in literature which is commonly called nationality (James Russell Lowell).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="nationalization">
<B>nationalization, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of nationalizing. <BR> <I>Ex. Control of industry, rather than outright nationalization, is the key to the new policy statement on public ownership by the Labor Party's national executive (Atlantic).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the condition of being nationalized. </DL>
<A NAME="nationalize">
<B>nationalize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to bring (industries, land, railroads, or other resources or enterprises) under the control or ownership of a nation, usually making the government responsible for their operation. <BR> <I>Ex. The United States nationalized the railroads in World War I.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to make national. <BR> <I>Ex. The Mounties are the nationalized police of Canada.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to make into a nation. noun <B>nationalizer.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="nationally">
<B>nationally, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>throughout the nation. <BR> <I>Ex. The President's speech was broadcast nationally.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>in a national manner; as a nation. </DL>
<A NAME="nationalmonument">
<B>national monument,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an area, especially in the United States, containing some noteworthy objects of nature or historical significance, such as Badlands, South Dakota, and Fort Sumter, South Carolina, usually maintained by a public agency. </DL>
<A NAME="nationalpark">
<B>national park,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a relatively large area of land kept by a national government for its people to enjoy because of its natural beauty, historical or geological interest, or other remarkable feature. <BR> <I>Ex. Yellowstone National Park is in Wyoming. Mr. Kessel sets his story ["The Lion"] in Kenya, in a huge national park where every kind of wild animal roams free, protected from hunters and marauders by government law (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="nationalrat">
<B>Nationalrat, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the lower branch of the lawmaking body of Austria, whose members are elected for four-year terms. <DD><B> 2. </B>the National Council of Switzerland, consisting of 200 members elected for four-year terms. </DL>
<A NAME="nationalservice">
<B>National Service</B> or <B>national service,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) the military service. </DL>
<A NAME="nationalsocialism">
<B>National Socialism,</B> <B>=Nazism.</B></DL>
<A NAME="nationalsocialist">
<B>National Socialist,</B> <B>=Nazi.</B></DL>
<A NAME="nationalsocialistparty">
<B>National Socialist Party,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the fascist political party led by Adolf Hitler which ruled Germany from 1933 to 1945. </DL>
<A NAME="nationalweatherservice">
<B>National Weather Service,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a United States government agency that provides records and forecasts of the weather. </DL>
<A NAME="nationhood">
<B>nationhood, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the condition or fact of being a nation. <BR> <I>Ex. But the great majority of former colonial people have now gained independence and nationhood (Harper's).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=nationalism.</B> <BR> <I>Ex. Often it was the struggle against the foreigner that brought the first strong feeling of nationhood (Manchester Guardian).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="nationist">
<B>nationist, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a person who favors nationalistic aspirations. <DD><I>adj. </I> favoring nationalistic aspirations. </DL>
<A NAME="nationofislam">
<B>Nation of Islam,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the formal name of the Black Muslims. </DL>
<A NAME="nations">
<B>nations, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> See under <B>nation.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="nationstate">
<B>nation-state, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a country whose citizens consider themselves of a single nationality because of common descent, language, history, or other cultural or physical attribute. <BR> <I>Ex. The Arab world is really a lot of little worlds--nation-states, kingdoms, sheikdoms ... (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="nationwide">
<B>nationwide, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> extending throughout the nation; national. <BR> <I>Ex. a nationwide election, a nationwide tour.</I> </DL>
