dual national
noun[C]
uk/ˌdʒuː.əl ˈnæʃ.ən.əl/us/ˌduː.əl ˈnæʃ.ən.əl/someone who is alegalnational(= amember)of twocountriesat the sametime:
She is one of agrowingnumberofdualnationalswho havelegalrightsin both Mexico and the US.
I waseligibleformilitaryservicein both Holland andAustraliaas I was adualnational.
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dual citizen
- The ForeignOfficeestimatesthat 80,000 British-Pakistanidualnationalsare in Pakistan at any onetime,mostlyforholidaysandweddings.
- Born in Iran, she is adualnationalwho hasspentdecadesin theUnitedStates.
- He hasextensivebusinessexperiencein bothEuropeand theUnitedStates, and is a UK-USdualnational.
Countries, nationalities & continents: country & nation
- birthright citizenship
- body politic
- BRICS
- coast
- countrywide
- cross-border
- domestic
- domestically
- dual
- dual citizen
- motherland
- nation
- non-indigenous
- non-national
- noncitizen
- nuclear power
- offshoring
- statehood
- superpower
- transnational