dual citizenship

noun

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

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The State Department told Fox News Digital that U.S. citizens may face more difficulty exiting than those who hold U.S.-Iranian dual citizenship. Ronn Blitzer , Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 22 June 2025 Pavel Durov lives in Dubai and holds a dual citizenship of the United Arab Emirates and France. Isabel Van Brugen, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025 Schissler, who identifies as transgender and nonbinary, holds Canadian-American dual citizenship. Joanne Haner, ABC News, 2 June 2025 Pope Leo — previously known as Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost — was born in Chicago and holds dual citizenship between the United States and Peru. Rachel Raposas, People.com, 18 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for dual citizenship

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1924, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of dual citizenship was circa 1924

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“Dual citizenship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dual%20citizenship. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.

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