of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country; "national hero"; "national anthem"; "a national landmark"
2.
limited to or in the interests of a particular nation; "national interests"; "isolationism is a strictly national policy" [ant: international]
3.
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" [ant: local]
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owned or maintained for the public by the national government; "national parks"
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inside the country; "the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior"; "the nation's internal politics" [syn: home]
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characteristic of or peculiar to the people of a nation; "a national trait"
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of or relating to nationality; "national origin"
noun
1.
a person who owes allegiance to that nation; "a monarch has a duty to his subjects"
National City, CA (city, FIPS 50398) Location: 32.66605 N, 117.09850 W Population (1990): 54249 (15243 housing units) Area: 19.6 sq km (land), 4.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 91950
National City, MI Zip code(s): 48748
National Park, NJ (borough, FIPS 49680) Location: 39.86800 N, 75.18615 W Population (1990): 3413 (1145 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 1.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 08063
National City, IL (village, FIPS 51752) Location: 38.64840 N, 90.14992 W Population (1990): 57 (29 housing units) Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Denali National, AK Zip code(s): 99755
Hawaii National, HI Zip code(s): 96718
Yellowstone National, MT (Park, FIPS 113) Location: 45.00355 N, 110.80081 W Population (1990): 52 (46 housing units) Area: 635.6 sq km (land), 1.9 sq km (water)
Na"tion*al\ (?; 277), a. [Cf. F. national.]1. 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. Attached to one's own country or nation. National anthem, a popular song or hymn which has become by general acceptance the recognized musical expression of the patriotic sentiment of a nation; as, "God save the King" is called the national anthem of England. National bank, the official common name of a class of banking corporations established under the laws of the United States. National flag. See under Flag. National guard, a body of militia, or a local military organization, as in Paris during the French Revolution, or as certain bodies of militia in other European countries and in the United States. National salute, a salute consisting of as many guns as there are States in the Union. [U.S.]
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