Nā′tion-āl′i-ty, n.

(nāsh′un-), n. [Fr. nationalité, Sp. nacionalidad, It. nacionalità.]

1. The quality of being national, or strongly attached to one’s own nation.
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; 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.