nationality

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of NATIONALITY

a people having a common language, culture, and body of traditions <New York City may have more nationalities than any other metropolis in the world>

Synonyms ethnicity, nation, race

Related Words minority; clan, family, folk, house, kindred, tribe

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