binational

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adjective

Relating to, or involving, two nations.

“Binational peace talks broke down, so a third nation stepped in to mediate.”

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Meanings

adjectivebinational (not comparable)
  1. not comparableRelating to, or involving, two nations.

    Binational peace talks broke down, so a third nation stepped in to mediate.

    2 more examples

    Experience elsewhere since World War II is hardly encouraging to binational or multi-national concepts.

    1968, Don Peretz, “A Binational Approach to the Palestine Conflict”, in Law and Contemporary Problems, page 34, archived from the original on 10 Mar 2013

    Finally, a binational state would foster alliances between Palestinians currently under occupation and Palestinian Israelis to combat discriminatory Israeli land and housing policies.

    2001 December 1, Lama Abu-Odeh, “The Case for Binationalism”, in Boston Review
nounbinational (plural binationals)

plural binationals

  1. A person of two nationalities.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  3. Proto-Italic*dwi-
  4. Latinbi-
  5. Englishbi-
  6. Englishnational
  7. Englishbinational

From bi- + national.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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