Betekenis van national In het Nederlands

• 0 relating to or typical of a whole country and its people, rather than to part of that country or to other countries:

  • a national holiday

  • Britain has more than ten national newspapers.

  • The company's national headquarters is in Rome.

  • The children were wearing traditional national costume/dress.

  • The government's view is that raising taxes now would not be in the national interest (= would not be good for the country).

• 1 someone who officially belongs to a particular country:

  • 30 people, including six Mexican nationals, were killed in yesterday's plane crash.

  • All foreign nationals were advised to leave the country following the outbreak of civil war.

• 2 relating to all parts of a nation or to a nation as a whole rather than to any part of it:

  • National headquarters of the company are in Atlanta, with branches throughout the country.

  • National news goes on the front page of the newspaper, with local news in the second section.

• 3 a citizen of a particular country:

  • Irish/Mexican nationals

  • a foreign national

• 4 relating to countries or to one particular country:

  • Unemployment in the city is significantly higher than the national average.

  • at a/the national level The problem needs to be addressed both at a national and international level.

  • a national campaign/competition/championship

  • a national newspaper/distributor/chain

  • the national government/airline/anthem