National may refer to:
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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
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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.
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, census-designated place
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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
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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
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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.
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Unincorporated co ...
, unincorporated community
Commerce
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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
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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
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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 ...
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National Motor Vehicle Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA 1900-1924
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National Supermarkets, a defunct American grocery store chain
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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 Dobro ...
, a guitar company formed to manufacture the first resonator guitars
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National Dobro Corporation
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National Reso-Phonic Guitars
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tricone'' and ''biscuit'' designs promoted by the National String Instrument Corporation
* National International, a
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company-like Company
Sports
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Championnat National (also known as National), French football league competition
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National (curling), annual curling bonspiel
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SK Nationalkameratene, Norwegian sports club
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TIL National, Norwegian sports club
Other uses
* National (
Cymanfa Ganu), a Welsh festival in Wales, England and North America
See also
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Le National (disambiguation), various newspapers and a television program
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Nacional (disambiguation)
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National Party (disambiguation)
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Nationals (disambiguation)
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The National (disambiguation)
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International (disambiguation)
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Transnational (disambiguation)
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Supranational (disambiguation)
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Subnational (disambiguation) Subnational or sub-national may refer to:
* Administrative division, all administrative divisions are under the national level
* Subnational legislature, a type of regional legislature, under the national level
* Subnational state, a type of state, ...
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Nationality (disambiguation)
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Nation (disambiguation)
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