TopicGyopo
jinsiyya muzdawija · /dʒin.sij.ja muz.da.wi.dʒa/
جنسية مزدوجة
/dʒin.sij.ja muz.da.wi.dʒa/noun
the legal status of being a citizen of two countries at once
It is a nationality-law status, not merely owning two passport booklets.
Examples
At the airport she opened both passports and explained that two nationalities let her enter either country.
Before the army physical he asked a lawyer whether two nationalities would change his military duty.
At eighteen her parents said she might have to give up one nationality and keep only one country.
In other languages
dupla cidadania(Portuguese)kewarganegaraan ganda(Indonesian)kewarganegaraan berganda(Malay)dual citizenship(Filipino)quốc tịch kép(Vietnamese)สองสัญชาติ(Thai)двойное гражданство(Russian)दोहरी नागरिकता(Hindi)dual citizenship(English)이중국적(Korean)二重国籍(Japanese)双重国籍(Chinese)doppelstaatsbürgerschaft(German)double nationalité(French)doble nacionalidad(Spanish)
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