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 According to a bylaw to Rule 41 of the Olympic Charter, athletes with dual citizenship can choose to represent either country. Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 3 July 2024 For most of her life, Naomi had dual citizenship in both the U.S. and Japan. Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 3 July 2024 To fill out the country’s ranks, Leicester recruited a small group of British nationals, who were allowed to hold dual citizenship. Fred Nadis, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2024 But his proposal to deal with those citizens would surely backfire: denying Turkish Germans dual citizenship would needlessly stigmatize them, hinder their integration into German society, and do little to diminish the appeal of the AfD. Thorsten Benner, Foreign Affairs, 26 Sep. 2016 See all Example Sentences for dual citizenship 

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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 27 Jul. 2024.

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