nationality
n. C / Un. the legal status of belonging to a specific country. It is the official identity you have on your passport or ID card.
n. the status of belonging to a particular nation by origin or naturalisation. Refers to the legal relationship between a person and a state.
Please write your name and nationality on the form.
The airline requires all passengers to provide their nationality and passport number before they can check in for international flights.
While he had lived in London for decades and felt culturally British, his nationality remained French because he had never applied for a change in his legal status.
From national + -ity, perhaps after French nationalité; ultimately from Latin nātio (“nation, people”).
Countable when referring to different ethnic or national groups; uncountable when referring to the general legal status.
Which is your nationality?What is your nationality?Learners often use 'which' when asking for personal information, but 'what' is the standard question word for nationality.