national:
(plural: ‘nationals‘; for the right pronunciation of this word, please click here)
an Ethiopian national
a person belonging to a nation;
a citizen;
a subject of a country,
nationals of Estonia, Europe
e.g.
As I lived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for a long time, I feel quite happy when I meet any Ethiopian national at a restaurant or an airport or even on a flight.
Ten American nationals are kidnapped by some unidentified terrorists.
More and more foreign nationals living and working in the States and Europe are struggling to keep their national identity safe from cultural corruption, and educated adult nationals are trying their best to teach the younger generations the value of nationality and nationalism.
For an article that explains the difference between a US national and a US citizen, please click here, for a news item that reports the number of non-UK nationals in UK, please click here and for a news article about foreign nationals in Azerbaijan, Russia that shows us how we come across this word in our daily news, please click here.
Note: ‘National’ is more commonly used as an adjective referring to someone or something that belongs to a nation, e.g. ‘British national flag’, ‘Australian national cricket team’, ‘Iraqi national guard’, ‘Indian national anthem’, etc. For an article that shows us how this word is used as an adjective, please click here.
