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

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

Citizens of Indonesia, the Asian nation which declared independence from the Netherlands in 1949, cannot hold dual citizenship above the age of 18. —Colin Millar, New York Times, 1 May 2026

India does not allow dual citizenship, meaning generations of elite athletes of Indian heritage have been ineligible to represent the national team across all sports. —Peter White, Deadline, 28 Apr. 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