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national

/ˈnæʃ(ə)nəl/

An illustration for national

adjective

concerning a nation as a whole

  • “The national debt continues to grow from year to year.”Tatoeba
  • “We must all take care to preserve our national heritage.”Tatoeba

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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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