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Meaning of national

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  national
      adj 1: 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}]
      4: owned or maintained for the public by the national
         government; "national parks"
      5: 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(a)},
         {interior(a)}, {internal}, {national}]
      6: characteristic of or peculiar to the people of a nation; "a
         national trait"
      7: of or relating to nationality; "national origin"
      n 1: a person who owes allegiance to that nation; "a monarch has
           a duty to his subjects" [syn: {national}, {subject}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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