National may refer to:

Common uses

Nation A nation is a community of people formed on the basis of a combination of shared features such as language, history, ethnicity, culture and/or society. A nation is thus the collective identity of a group of people understood as defined by those ...

country A country is a distinct part of the world, such as a state, nation, or other political entity. It may be a sovereign state or make up one part of a larger state. For example, the country of Japan is an independent, sovereign state, while the ...

Nationality Nationality is a legal identification of a person in international law, establishing the person as a subject, a ''national'', of a sovereign state. It affords the state jurisdiction over the person and affords the person the protection of the ...

– a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen

Places in the United States

National, Maryland National is an unincorporated area, unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Allegany County, Maryland, Allegany County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census it had a population of 56. Nat ...

, census-designated place *

National, Nevada National is an extinct town in Humboldt County, in the U.S. state of Nevada. History There are at least two stories about why the place is named "National". The W.P.A. states that the original town site was within the borders of Humboldt Nationa ...

, ghost town *

National, Utah National is a ghost town in Carbon County, Utah, United States. It is located along upper Gordon Creek. History Coal was discovered in the area in 1908, but large-scale mining did not begin until the National Coal Company purchased the mines i ...

, ghost town *

National, West Virginia National is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Monongalia County, West Virginia, Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States. The community took its name from a local mining company. References

Unincorporated co ...

, unincorporated community

Commerce

National (brand) was a brand used by Panasonic Corporation (formerly Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.) to sell home appliances, personal appliances, and industrial appliances. Neither National Semiconductor nor National Car Rental are related to Panason ...

, a brand name of electronic goods from Panasonic *

National Benzole National Benzole was a petroleum brand used in the United Kingdom from 1919 to the 1990s. In 1957, the National Benzole Co. became wholly owned by Shell-Mex & BP (through British Petroleum) but continued its separate trading identity. In the ear ...

(or simply known as National), former petrol station chain in the UK, merged with BP *

National Car Rental National Car Rental is a private American rental car agency based in Clayton, Missouri, United States. National is owned by Enterprise Holdings, along with other agencies including Enterprise Rent-A-Car, and Alamo Rent a Car. National typically c ...

, an American rental car company * National Energy Systems, a former name of

Eco Marine Power Eco Marine Power, a company based in Fukuoka, Japan, develops and markets renewable energy based systems for ships and other vessels. The company's technologies use wind, solar and electric power to develop more energy efficient vessels with small ...

* National Entertainment Commission, a former name of the

Media Rating Council The Media Rating Council (MRC) is a United States-based nonprofit organization that manages accreditation for media research and rating purposes. Structure and accreditation process The MRC has seven full-time employees, and 165 member organiz ...

* National Motor Vehicle Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA 1900-1924 * National Supermarkets, a defunct American grocery store chain * National String Instrument Corporation, a guitar company formed to manufacture the first resonator guitars ** Their successor companies: *** National Dobro Corporation *** National Reso-Phonic Guitars ** In the context of stringed instruments, the ''tricone'' and ''biscuit'' designs promoted by the National String Instrument Corporation * National International, a Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company-like Company

Sports

* Championnat National (also known as National), French football league competition * National (curling), annual curling bonspiel * SK Nationalkameratene, Norwegian sports club * TIL National, Norwegian sports club

Other uses

* National (Cymanfa Ganu), a Welsh festival in Wales, England and North America

Common uses

Places in the United States

Commerce

Sports

Other uses

See also