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民族

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Nationality \Na`tion*al"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Nationalities}. [Cf. F.
   nationalit['e].]
   1. The quality of being national, or strongly attached to
      one's own nation; patriotism.

   2. The sum of the qualities which distinguish a nation;
      national character.

   3. A race or people, as determined by common language and
      character, and not by political bias or divisions; a
      nation.

            the fulfillment of his mission is to be looked for
            in the condition of nationalities and the character
            of peoples.                           --H. W.
                                                  Beecher.

   4. Existence as a distinct or individual nation; national
      unity and integrity.

   5. The state or quality of belonging to or being connected
      with a nation or government by nativity, character,
      ownership, allegiance, etc.