National in Different Languages
Discover 'National' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
National
Afrikaans nasionale | ||
Albanian kombëtar | ||
Amharic ብሔራዊ | ||
Arabic الوطني | ||
Armenian ազգային | ||
Assamese ৰাষ্ট্ৰীয় | ||
Aymara markpacha | ||
Azerbaijani milli | ||
Bambara jamaden | ||
Basque nazionala | ||
Belarusian нацыянальны | ||
Bengali জাতীয় | ||
Bhojpuri राष्ट्रीय | ||
Bosnian nacionalno | ||
Bulgarian национален | ||
Catalan nacional | ||
Cebuano nasyonal | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 国民 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 國民 | ||
Corsican naziunale | ||
Croatian nacionalna | ||
Czech národní | ||
Danish national | ||
Dhivehi ޤައުމީ | ||
Dogri कौमी | ||
Dutch nationaal | ||
English national | ||
Esperanto nacia | ||
Estonian rahvuslik | ||
Ewe dukɔmetɔ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) pambansa | ||
Finnish kansallinen | ||
French nationale | ||
Frisian lanlik | ||
Galician nacional | ||
Georgian ეროვნული | ||
German national | ||
Greek εθνικός | ||
Guarani tetãygua | ||
Gujarati રાષ્ટ્રીય | ||
Haitian Creole nasyonal | ||
Hausa na ƙasa | ||
Hawaiian lāhui | ||
Hebrew לאומי | ||
Hindi राष्ट्रीय | ||
Hmong teb chaws | ||
Hungarian nemzeti | ||
Icelandic þjóðlegur | ||
Igbo mba | ||
Ilocano nasional | ||
Indonesian nasional | ||
Irish náisiúnta | ||
Italian nazionale | ||
Japanese 全国 | ||
Javanese nasional | ||
Kannada ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ | ||
Kazakh ұлттық | ||
Khmer ជាតិ | ||
Kinyarwanda gihugu | ||
Konkani राष्ट्रीय | ||
Korean 전국 | ||
Krio nashɔnal | ||
Kurdish netewî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) نیشتیمانی | ||
Kyrgyz улуттук | ||
Lao ແຫ່ງຊາດ | ||
Latin nationalibus | ||
Latvian nacionāls | ||
Lingala mboka | ||
Lithuanian tautinis | ||
Luganda eggwanga | ||
Luxembourgish national | ||
Macedonian национално | ||
Maithili राष्ट्रीय | ||
Malagasy -pirenena | ||
Malay nasional | ||
Malayalam ദേശീയ | ||
Maltese nazzjonali | ||
Maori motu | ||
Marathi राष्ट्रीय | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯂꯩꯕꯥꯛꯀꯤ | ||
Mizo ram pum thil | ||
Mongolian үндэсний | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အမျိုးသားရေး | ||
Nepali राष्ट्रिय | ||
Norwegian nasjonal | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) dziko | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଜାତୀୟ | ||
Oromo biyyoolessa | ||
Pashto ملي | ||
Persian ملی | ||
Polish krajowy | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) nacional | ||
Punjabi ਰਾਸ਼ਟਰੀ | ||
Quechua hatun llaqta | ||
Romanian naţional | ||
Russian национальный | ||
Samoan faaleatunuu | ||
Sanskrit राष्ट्रीय | ||
Scots Gaelic nàiseanta | ||
Sepedi bosetšhaba | ||
Serbian национална | ||
Sesotho naha | ||
Shona nyika | ||
Sindhi قومي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ජාතික | ||
Slovak národné | ||
Slovenian nacionalno | ||
Somali qaran | ||
Spanish nacional | ||
Sundanese nasional | ||
Swahili kitaifa | ||
Swedish nationell | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) pambansa | ||
Tajik миллӣ | ||
Tamil தேசிய | ||
Tatar милли | ||
Telugu జాతీయ | ||
Thai ชาติ | ||
Tigrinya ሃገራዊ | ||
Tsonga rixaka | ||
Turkish ulusal | ||
Turkmen milli | ||
Twi (Akan) ɔman | ||
Ukrainian національний | ||
Urdu قومی | ||
Uyghur national | ||
Uzbek milliy | ||
Vietnamese quốc gia | ||
Welsh cenedlaethol | ||
Xhosa yesizwe | ||
Yiddish לאַנדיש | ||
Yoruba orilẹ-ede | ||
Zulu kazwelonke |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Albanian | The word "kombëtar" (national) is derived from the Latin word "cohors". This word was used to describe a unit of infantry in the Roman army. |
| Amharic | The word "ብሔራዊ" can also mean "ethnic" or "tribal" in Amharic. |
| Arabic | In the context of Iraqi law, "الوطني" can mean "personal"} |
| Armenian | In addition to the political sense of "national," "ազգային" can mean "ethnic" or "of a people." |
| Azerbaijani | Milli means "national" in Azerbaijani, originating from the Persian word "melli" which is derived from the Arabic word "milla" meaning "nation" or "community". |
| Basque | Nazionala also means "international", "global", "worldwide" or "universal" in Basque. |
| Belarusian | The word |
| Bengali | জাতীয়'র মূল 'জন্ম', যা জন্মগ্রহণ, জাতিগততা এবং জন্মদেশ উভয়ের সাথেই সম্পর্কিত। |
| Bosnian | In Bosnian, "nacionalno" can be used for either "nationally" or "of nationhood," depending on context.} |
| Bulgarian | The word "национален" derives from the Latin word "natio", which originally meant "birth" or "race". |
| Catalan | In Catalan, “nacional” also means “birthplace”. |
| Cebuano | The word "nasyonal" also means "patriotic" or "nationalistic". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 国民 (guó m ín) originally referred to the government and its people. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The characters of "國民" can mean "common people" or "nationals" depending on the context. |
| Corsican | Nazionale in Corsican can also mean "belonging to the Corsican nation, people, or culture." |
| Croatian | The word "nacionalna" can also mean "nationalistic" or "patriotic" in Croatian. |
| Czech | The word "národní" can also mean "folk" or "traditional" in Czech. |
| Danish | Although Danish "national" is spelled similarly to English "national" and both derive from Latin "natalis," they are not cognates and do not usually mean the same thing. |
| Dutch | The term 'nationaal' is also used in compounds to describe things that belong to a particular country or nation, such as 'nationale hymne' ('national anthem') and 'nationaal park' ('national park'). |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "nacia" can also mean "of or pertaining to a race or people". |
| Estonian | The word "rahvuslik" comes from the German word "national" and also means "ethnic" or "folk." |
| Finnish | 'Kansallinen' also means 'folk' or 'traditional' in Finnish. |
| French | The word "nationale" in French can also mean "main" or "headquarters" of an organization, such as a bank or a political party. |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "lanlik" also has the alternate meaning of "belonging to the countryside". |
| Galician | In Galician, "nacional" can also refer to a person from Spain, a nationality, or a member of a nation. |
| German | The German word "national" is derived from the Latin word "natio", meaning "birth" or "origin."} |
| Greek | The word may be used in a strictly geographic sense, to describe a person belonging to a particular city, or in a strictly ethnic sense, to describe a person belonging to a particular people. |
| Haitian Creole | Derived from French "national" and ultimately from Latin "natio" meaning "birth, origin, race" |
| Hausa | The word "na ƙasa" can also refer to "native". |
| Hawaiian | ‘Lāhui’ means 'national' but can also mean 'nation', 'people', or 'race', and was once a term for 'family'. |
| Hebrew | In Hebrew, the word 'לאומי' (national) also denotes 'folk' as in folk music or dance. |
| Hindi | The word राष्ट्रीय is derived from the Sanskrit word 'rashtra', meaning 'kingdom' or 'nation', while 'iya' signifies 'pertaining to'. |
| Hmong | "Teb chaws" comes from the word "chaws" meaning "nation" and "teb" meaning "to belong to". |
| Hungarian | The word "nemzeti" is ultimately derived from the Proto-Indo-European root "*nem-," meaning "to distribute" or "to share." |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word "þjóðlegur" is etymologically related to the Old Norse word "þjóð", meaning "people" or "nation," and has the alternate meaning of "folk" or "traditional." |
| Igbo | In addition to meaning national, within an Nri context it can mean ancestral home or the sacred land associated with the deity, Ala. |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "Nasional" derives from the English word "national", but in Indonesian it can also refer to "nationalism" or "patriotism". |
| Irish | "Náisiúnta" (national) is cognate with the Latin word "natio" (birth) and the English word "nation". |
| Italian | In its original Italian, the word 'nazionale' also refers to the national football team of Italy. |
| Japanese | 全国 (zenkoku) can also refer to an entire country, the whole nation, or the entire country excluding Okinawa. |
| Javanese | In a Javanese context, the word 'nasional' can also refer to someone originating from a different city but living locally for a long time. |
| Kannada | ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ is also a term of respect in Kannada, used to address people with authority, like the chief minister or a king |
| Kazakh | "Ұлттық" (national) is also used to refer to something that is characteristic of a particular nation or people. |
| Khmer | The term ជាតិ can also refer to someone's race, ethnicity, nationality, country, or type of people. |
| Korean | "전국" was originally a Buddhist term referring to the four heavenly protectors of the four directions, hence its current meaning of "nationwide." |
| Kurdish | The word "netewî" (national) in Kurdish is derived from the Persian word "naat" (nation). |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "улуттук" derives from the Proto-Turkic word *ulut-, meaning "nation" or "people". |
| Latvian | Etymology and alternate meanings: "nacionāls" originates from the Latin "natalis" meaning "birthplace" |
| Lithuanian | The word "tautinis" (national) in Lithuanian shares its root with the word "tauta" (nation), which itself comes from the Proto-Indo-European root "*teute-**, meaning "people". |
| Luxembourgish | The word "national" in Luxembourgish also means "nationalistic" or "patriotic." |
| Macedonian | The term 'национално' ('national') can also refer to a type of dance or musical genre in Macedonian. |
| Malagasy | -pirenena derives from the French word "républicain," meaning "republican." |
| Malay | In Malay, the word "Nasional" is also used to refer to a nationalist movement or ideology. |
| Malayalam | The word "ദേശീയ" is derived from the Sanskrit word "देश" (deśa), meaning "country" or "region". |
| Maltese | In Maltese, "nazzjonali" can also mean "native" or "belonging to one's country". |
| Maori | The word "motu" in Maori can refer to both an island and a nation. |
| Marathi | "राष्ट्रीय" can also refer to traditional folk plays in the Konkan region. |
| Mongolian | "Үндэсний" means "national," however, some researchers interpret the term as meaning "belonging to the people." |
| Nepali | राष्ट्रिय is derived from the Sanskrit word 'rastra' meaning 'country' or 'nation' and is cognate with the English word 'national'. |
| Norwegian | The word "nasjonal" comes from the Latin "natio," meaning "birth" or "race." |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "dziko" in Nyanja (Chichewa) also means "animal" or "beast". |
| Pashto | The word "ملي" can also refer to a "nation" or a "state" in Pashto. |
| Persian | ملی in Persian means both "national" and "property of the state". |
| Polish | Krajowy, the Polish word for "national," can also be used to describe something that is local or domestic. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "nacional" can also refer to a type of cheese or a lottery game. |
| Punjabi | ਰਾਸ਼ਟਰੀ (राष्ट्रीय) शब्द का प्रयोग भारत के राष्ट्रीय गान में 'राष्ट्रगीत' (राष्ट्रीय गीत) के संदर्भ में भी किया जाता है। |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "național" also refers to a member of an ethnic group or to something pertaining to a particular ethnic group, similar to the English word "ethnic." |
| Russian | The word "национальный" derives from the Latin "nationalis," meaning "of the nation," and ultimately the Proto-Indo-European root "*ǵnəs-, |
| Samoan | "Faaleatunuu" is derived from the Samoan words "fa'a," meaning "the manner or way of," and "leatunuu," meaning "nation," thus collectively meaning "the way of the nation." |
| Scots Gaelic | "Nàiseanta" in Scots Gaelic also means "belonging to a nation or people". |
| Serbian | The word 'национална' comes from the Latin word 'nationalis', which means 'of or relating to a nation'. |
| Sesotho | “Naha” can also mean a "citizen of a country" or a “member of a nation". |
| Shona | Nyika can also mean 'nature' or 'wild', as in "nyika yeAfrika" (the African bush). |
| Sindhi | The word "قومي" also means "tribal" or "ethnic" in Sindhi. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word 'ජාතික' (national) in Sinhala can also refer to 'caste' or 'race'. |
| Slovak | The word "národné" in Slovak can also refer to "public" or "folk" in addition to "national". |
| Slovenian | The word nacionalno can also refer to the national consciousness, identity, and values. |
| Somali | Somali "qaran" derives from the Arabic "qarn", with meanings including "century", "clan" and "group." |
| Spanish | The word "nacional" derives from the Latin word "natio," meaning "birth" or "origin." |
| Sundanese | In Sundanese, 'nasional' can also mean 'patriotic' or 'traditional'. |
| Swahili | "Kitaifa" in Swahili is derived from the Arabic word "qawmiyya," which originally meant "tribal" but later acquired the broader meaning of "national" in a political sense. |
| Swedish | The Swedish word 'nationell', meaning 'national', is derived from the Latin 'nationalis', which originated from the root word 'natio' ('people', 'tribe'). |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Pambansa" also means "all-inclusive" or "comprehensive" in Tagalog, emphasizing the universality of something. |
| Tajik | The word "миллӣ" in Tajik, similar to its counterparts in other Iranian languages, ultimately derives from the Arabic word "ملی" (millī), meaning "relating to a nation". |
| Tamil | The word "தேசிய" is derived from the Sanskrit word "rāṣṭra", which means "kingdom" or "country". |
| Telugu | The Telugu word "జాతీయ" can refer to both nationality and caste or ethnicity. |
| Thai | The word "ชาติ" can also mean "religion" or "lineage" in Thai. |
| Turkish | The word "Ulusal" is derived from the Arabic word "ummah", which means "nation" or "community" |
| Ukrainian | The word "національний" can also refer to something that is characteristic of or belongs to a particular nation or people. |
| Urdu | In Farsi, it also means "tribal" or "ethnic." |
| Uzbek | In Uzbek, "milliy" also means "pertaining to a nation". |
| Vietnamese | The word "Quốc gia" in Vietnamese can also refer to the nation as a concept or the fatherland. |
| Welsh | The word 'cenedlaethol' is derived from the Welsh words 'cenedl' ('nation') and 'iaeth' ('language'), and can also mean 'international'. |
| Xhosa | The word 'yesizwe' can also mean 'the people' or 'the nation' in Xhosa. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "לאַנדיש" (landish) literally translates to "of the land" and can also refer to something that is "provincial" or "unsophisticated". |
| Yoruba | "Orile-ede" also means "the owner of the land" or "the fatherland". |
| Zulu | In Zulu, 'kazwelonke' originated from the word 'izwe' (country or nation) suggesting a sense of belonging and unity within a country. |
| English | The word 'national' derives from the Latin word 'natio' meaning 'birth' or 'race'. |