citizenship
UK/ˈsɪtɪzənʃɪp/
citizenship noun: the state of being a citizen; the status of a citizen.
Noun
citizenship (countable and uncountable, plural citizenships)
- The state of being a citizen; the status of a citizen.
- Katz himself is one of them. Originally an American citizen, the entrepreneur acquired citizenships in Israel and Canada where he lived for long periods. Later, he obtained a St. Kitts and Nevis citizenship through a real estate investment.2019 October 7, Kate Springer, “Passports for purchase: Open citizenship doors around the world”, in CNN, archived from the original on 18 Apr 2020
- Both sides cited the case of United States vs. Wong Kim Ark from 1898, which defines elements of citizenship for immigrants.2025 February 10, Jon Schoenheider, “Federal judge in New Hampshire blocks Trump’s order ending birthright citizenship for kids of people in US illegally”, in WMUR-TV, archived from the original on...
- Synonyms:
- citizenhood, freedom of the city, freemanship
citizenship meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
citizenship in Hindi
- state of being a citizen
- नागरिकता nāgriktā
citizenship in Tamil
- state of being a citizen
- குடியுரிமை kuṭiyurimai
citizenship in Marathi
- नागरिकत्व, नागरिकत्वाची
citizenship in Urdu
- state of being a citizen
- شَہْرِیَّت śahriyyat
More languagesFewer languages
- citizenship in Bengali
- নাগরিকতা nagrikota
- citizenship in Telugu
- పౌరసత్వం paurasatvaṁ
- citizenship in Malayalam
- പൗരത്വം pauratvaṁ
- citizenship in Kannada
- ಪೌರತ್ವ pauratva
- citizenship in Punjabi
- ਨਾਗਰਿਕਤਾ nāgrikatā
- citizenship in Gujarati
- નાગરિકતા nāgriktā
- citizenship in Odia
- ନାଗରିକତ୍ୱ, ନାଗରିକତ୍ବ
- citizenship in Sinhala
- පුරවැසි බව purawæsi bawa
- citizenship in Assamese
- নাগৰিকত্ব nagrikotto
- citizenship in Nepali
- नागरिकता, नागरिकत्व
- citizenship in Pashto
- تابعيت tābe'yat
- citizenship in Tagalog
- pagkamamamayan
- citizenship in Arabic
- مُوَاطِنِيَّة muwāṭiniyya, مُوَاطَنَة muwāṭana
- citizenship in Malay
- kewarganegaraan, kerakyatan
- citizenship in Indonesian
- kependudukan, kewarganegaraan
- citizenship in Thai
- สัญชาติ sǎn-châat
- citizenship in Vietnamese
- quyền công dân, quốc tịch
- citizenship in Myanmar
- နိုင်ငံသားအဖြစ် nuingngamsa:a.hprac
Examples of citizenship in a sentence
- Better to be excluded from society than to deny the virtue of citizenship.
- Proof of citizenship is requirable for some services but not for all.
- Members of the foreign legion paid in blood for their new citizenship.
Synonyms of citizenship
Forms of citizenship
| plural | citizenships |
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Origin of citizenship
From citizen + -ship. Displaced native Old English burgrǣden, equivalent to borough + -red.
Words formed from citizenship
Questions about citizenship
- What does citizenship mean?
- Citizenship means the state of being a citizen; the status of a citizen.
- What is citizenship in Hindi?
- Citizenship in Hindi is नागरिकता (nāgriktā). See Citizenship meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is citizenship?
- Citizenship is a noun.
- How do you pronounce citizenship?
- Citizenship is pronounced /ˈsɪtɪzənʃɪp/ (UK).
- What is the plural of citizenship?
- The plural of citizenship is citizenships.
Words near citizenship in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: citizenship (page history and authors); citizenship (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); citizenship (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); citizenship (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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