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national anthem

national anthem noun: the official song of a nation or sovereign state, generally of a patriotic nature and played at events to celebrate or honor said state.

Noun

national anthem (plural national anthems)

  1. The official song of a nation or sovereign state, generally of a patriotic nature and played at events to celebrate or honor said state.
    • With such focus from within the footballing community this week on Remembrance Sunday, there was something appropriate about Colchester being the venue for last night’s game. Troops from the garrison town formed a guard of honour for both sets of players, who emerged for the national anthem with...2011 November 10, Jeremy Wilson, “tEngland Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report”, in Telegraph
  2. (nonstandard) The official song of a constituent state of a country.
    • The national anthem of Wales
    • The national anthem of the Russian SFSR

national anthem meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

national anthem in Hindi

national song of a country
राष्ट्रगान rāṣṭragān

national anthem in Tamil

national song of a country
நாட்டுப்பண் nāṭṭuppaṇ

national anthem in Marathi

national song of a country
राष्ट्रगीत rāṣṭragīt

national anthem in Urdu

national song of a country
قَومی تَرانَہ qaumī tarāna
More languagesFewer languages
national anthem in Bengali
জাতীয় সঙ্গীত jatiẏo śoṅgit
national anthem in Telugu
జాతీయ గీతం jātīya gītaṁ
national anthem in Malayalam
ദേശീയഗാനം dēśīyagānaṁ
national anthem in Kannada
ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರಗೀತೆ rāṣṭragīte
national anthem in Punjabi
ਕੌਮੀ ਗੀਤ kaumī gīt
national anthem in Gujarati
રાષ્ટ્રગીત rāṣṭragīt
national anthem in Nepali
राष्ट्रिय गान rāṣṭriya gān
national anthem in Pashto
ملي سرود meli sarúd
national anthem in Tagalog
pambansang awit
national anthem in Arabic
نَشِيد وَطَنِيّ našīd waṭaniyy
national anthem in Malay
lagu kebangsaan
national anthem in Indonesian
lagu kebangsaan
national anthem in Thai
เพลงชาติ pleeng-châat
national anthem in Vietnamese
quốc ca
national anthem in Myanmar
နိုင်ငံတော်သီချင်း nuingngamtausihkyang:

Forms of national anthem

pluralnational anthems

Questions about national anthem

What does national anthem mean?
National anthem means the official song of a nation or sovereign state, generally of a patriotic nature and played at events to celebrate or honor said state.
What is national anthem in Hindi?
National anthem in Hindi is राष्ट्रगान (rāṣṭragān). See National anthem meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is national anthem?
National anthem is a noun.
What is the plural of national anthem?
The plural of national anthem is national anthems.

Words near national anthem in the dictionary

  1. national academy
  2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  3. national airline
  4. national airlines
  5. national amnesia
  6. national anthem
  7. national anthems
  8. national archive
  9. national archives
  10. national assemblies
  11. national assembly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: national anthem (page history and authors); રાષ્ટ્રગીત (Gujarati) (page history and authors). 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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