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# national

«national» in Mova's school dictionary: **Belonging to, about, or shared by a whole nation or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective; noun (a national, nationals — a citizen)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Belonging to, about, or shared by a whole nation or country, not just one part of it: a national holiday, the national anthem, a national park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/national/#m1)

2) Owned or run by the government of a country: a national museum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/national/#m2)

3) As a noun, a national is a citizen of a particular country: a British national. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/national/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In geography and citizenship, national symbols include flags, anthems, national animals (the bald eagle in the USA, the kiwi in New Zealand, the kangaroo and emu on Australia's coat of arms) and national days (Independence Day, St Patrick's Day, Canada Day, Australia Day, Waitangi Day). National parks protect nature and wildlife, like Yellowstone or the Lake District. In everyday life, the national news reports on the whole country. Phrases: "national anthem", "national park", "national holiday", "national team", "national curriculum", "national flag".

### examples

- We sang the national anthem at the start of the match. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/national/#x1)
- Yellowstone was the first national park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/national/#x2)
- Independence Day is a national holiday in the USA. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/national/#x3)
- She plays for the national hockey team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/national/#x4)
- The kiwi is New Zealand's national bird. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/national/#x5)
- The national news showed the floods. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/national/#x6)
- Ireland's national day is St Patrick's Day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/national/#x7)
- Canada's national flag has a red maple leaf. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/national/#x8)
- And wise people shook their heads and foretold a decline in the National Love of Sport. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/national/#x9)

### note

Related words: nation (country and its people), nationality (which country you belong to), international (between countries). Spelling: nation + al. "National" is the whole country; "local" is one town or area; "international" is many countries.

### In the corpora

- [The steel pan was developed in Trinidad and Tobago in the 20th century from oil drums and is its national instrument.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/10-instruments-of-the-world-bandura-erhu-sitar-kora-didgeridoo/14/)
- [Many national museums and galleries in Britain are free to enter, paid for by taxes and donations; some charge for special exhibitions.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/17-museums-and-galleries-how-to-visit-and-what-is-there/13/)
- [Common exception words are frequent words whose spelling does not fully match their sounds; the National Curriculum lists them for each year.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/3-tricky-words-and-common-exception-words/15/)
- [The National Curriculum in England lists about 100 words for Years 3–4 that children should learn to spell.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/13-words-to-know-years-3-4/15/)
- [In England, Year 6 children (aged 10 to 11) take national tests called SATs in May.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/51-sats-the-reading-paper/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «national» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/national/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.