National - Definition

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]