A2 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.
More examples
- The national anthems of the teams are played at the beginning of a big international football match.
- A statue was erected to glorify the country's national heroes.
- The idea behind the national lottery is to raise money for good causes.
- Several passages from the book were printed in a national newspaper before it was published.
- She was too young to vote in the national election.
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