dual citizenship

noun

: the status of an individual who is a citizen of two or more nations

Examples of dual citizenship in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

It isn’t known exactly how many Americans hold dual citizenship, but estimates suggest up to 30 million may qualify for European ancestral visas, too, though those rules are tightening, as is the case with recent legal changes in Italy. —Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026

Cuba’s new migration and citizenship laws maintain several restrictions affecting Cuban Americans, including a requirement that Cubans with dual citizenship travel to the country with a Cuban passport and maintaining the government’s broad authority to deny entry to government critics. —Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 12 May 2026

Benson also alluded to ways defendants with dual citizenship could go to Greece through a third country to avoid extradition. —Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026

Indonesia and the Netherlands have rules against dual citizenship that remove the citizenship of other nations. —Colin Millar, New York Times, 1 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1924, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for dual citizenship

• associateship
• bipartisanship
• conservatorship
• distributorship
• proprietorship
• secretaryship
• airship
• airstrip
• clerkship
• courtship
• equip
• filmstrip