National designates one who may claim the protection of a state and applies especially to one living or traveling outside that state. The national day is often an official public holiday. Relating to or typical of a whole country and its people, rather than to part of that country or…
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Of, relating to, or maintained by a nation as an organized whole or independent political unit.
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We collaborate with local, state and national partners to advance our vision for the susquehanna national heritage area as a national destination for outdoor fun and cultural discovery. Of, pertaining to, or belonging to a nation Peculiar or common to the people of a nation Devoted to one's own nation, its interests, etc.
A national day is a day on which celebrations mark the statehood or nationhood of a state or its people It may be the date of independence, of becoming a republic, of becoming a federation, or a significant date for a patron saint or a ruler (such as a birthday, accession, or removal)