nationality

1. N-VAR If you have the nationality of a particular country, you were born there or have the legal right to be a citizen. 國籍

Asked his nationality, he said American. 問到他的國籍，他說是美國人。

2. N-COUNT You can refer to people who have the same racial origins as a nationality, especially when they do not have their own independent country. (尤指沒有自己獨(dú)立國家的) 民族

...the many nationalities that comprise Ethiopia. …組成埃塞俄比亞的衆(zhòng)多民族。