National may refer to:

Common uses

Nation A nation is a type of social organization where a collective Identity (social science), identity, a national identity, has emerged from a combination of shared features across a given population, such as language, history, ethnicity, culture, t ...

country A country is a distinct part of the world, such as a state, nation, or other political entity. When referring to a specific polity, the term "country" may refer to a sovereign state, state with limited recognition, constituent country, ...

Nationality Nationality is the legal status of belonging to a particular nation, defined as a group of people organized in one country, under one legal jurisdiction, or as a group of people who are united on the basis of culture. In international law, n ...

– 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 community and census-designated place (CDP) in Allegany County, Maryland Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It borders the stat ...

, census-designated place *

National, Nevada National is an extinct town in Humboldt County, in the United States state of Nevada. History There are at least two stories about why the place is named "National". The Works Progress Administration The Works Progress Administration (WPA; ...

, ghost town *

National, Utah National is a ghost town in Carbon County, Utah, 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 ...

, ghost town *

National, West Virginia National is an unincorporated community in Monongalia County, West Virginia West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States ...

, 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 Pa ...

, 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 e ...

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

National Book Store National Book Store, Inc. (also spelled National Bookstore and abbreviated as NBS) is a retail company based in Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines. It operates a bookstore and office-supplies store chain of the same name. It is the largest ...

, a bookstore and office supplies chain in the Philippines *

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 * 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 orga ...

National Motor Vehicle Company The National Motor Vehicle Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles in Indianapolis, Indiana, between 1900 and 1924. One of its presidents, Arthur C. Newby, was also one of the investors who created the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. T ...

, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA 1900–1924 *

National Radio Company The National Radio Company, headquartered in Malden, Massachusetts, United States, was an American manufacturer of radio equipment from 1914 to 1991. History The company was incorporated, in 1914, as the "National Toy Company", but by 1916 had inc ...

, Malden, Massachusetts, USA 1914–1991 *

National Supermarkets National Supermarkets was a Grocery store, grocery Chain store, chain in both the St. Louis, Missouri, and New Orleans, Louisiana, areas of the United States. Both firms were owned by Loblaw Companies of Canada, but in June 1995, they were sold b ...

, a defunct American grocery store chain *

National String Instrument Corporation The National String Instrument Corporation was an American guitar company first formed to manufacture banjos and then the original resonator guitars. National also produced resonator ukuleles and resonator mandolins. The company merged with ...

, a guitar company formed to manufacture the first resonator guitars ** Their successor companies: ***

National Dobro Corporation Dobro () is an American brand of resonator guitars owned by Gibson (guitar company), Gibson and manufactured by its subsidiary Epiphone. The term "dobro" is also used as a generic term for any wood-bodied, single-cone resonator guitar. The Do ...

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National Reso-Phonic Guitars National Reso-Phonic Guitars is a manufacturer of resonator guitars and other resonator instruments including resonator mandolins, tenor instruments, and resonator ukuleles.tricone'' and ''biscuit'' designs promoted by the National String Instrument Corporation * National International, a

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company and affiliated companies, commonly shortened to Nationwide, is a group of large U.S. insurance and financial services companies based in Columbus, Ohio. The company also operates regional headquarters in ...

-like Company

Sports

Championnat National The Championnat National (), commonly referred to as simply National or Division 3, is the third division of the French football league system behind Ligue 1 and Ligue 2. Contested by 18 clubs, the Championnat National operates on a system of ...

(also known as National), French football league competition *

National (curling) The National, currently referred to as the KIOTI National for sponsorship reasons, is a curling tournament that is one of the five events that are part of the Grand Slam of Curling tour, and one of its four "majors". The event will be renamed ...

, annual curling bonspiel *

SK Nationalkameratene Sportsklubben Nationalkameratene is a Norwegian sports club from Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag. It has sections for association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two te ...

, Norwegian sports club *

TIL National Turn- og Idrettslaget National is a Norway, Norwegian sports club from Sarpsborg, Østfold. It has sections for figure skating, sport wrestling and Olympic weightlifting, weightlifting. The club was founded on 30 November 1905. As the name indic ...

, Norwegian sports club

Other uses

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Cymanfa Ganu A Cymanfa Ganu (, 'singing festival') is a Welsh festival of sacred hymns, sung with four-part harmony by a congregation, usually under the direction of a choral director. The Cymanfa Ganu movement was launched in 1859 at Bethania Chapel in ...

), a Welsh festival in Wales, England and North America

Common uses

Places in the United States

Commerce

Sports

Other uses

See also