Meanings
nouncitizenship (countable and uncountable, plural citizenships)
plural citizenships
- countableuncountableThe state of being a citizen; the status of a citizen.
Both sides cited the case of United States vs. Wong Kim Ark from 1898, which defines elements of citizenship for immigrants.
2025 February 10, Jon Schoenheider, “Federal judge in New Hampshire blocks Trump’s order ending birthright citizenship for kids of people in US illegally”, in WMUR-TV, archived from the original on 08 Mar 20261 more example
Katz himself is one of them. Originally an American citizen, the entrepreneur acquired citizenships in Israel and Canada where he lived for long periods. Later, he obtained a St. Kitts and Nevis citizenship through a real estate investment.
2019 October 7, Kate Springer, “Passports for purchase: Open citizenship doors around the world”, in CNN, archived from the original on 18 Apr 2020Synonyms: citizenhood, freedom of the city, freemanship
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state of being a citizen; the status of a citizen.
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Origin
Translations
Afrikaans burgerskap
- burgerskapstate of being a citizen
Ancient Greek πολῑτείᾱ
- πολῑτείᾱ (polīteíā)state of being a citizen
Arabic مُوَاطِنِيَّة, مُوَاطَنَة
- مُوَاطِنِيَّة (muwāṭiniyya)state of being a citizen
- مُوَاطَنَة (muwāṭana)state of being a citizen
Bengali নাগরিকতা
- নাগরিকতা (nagrikota)state of being a citizen
Bulgarian гра́жданство, по́данство
- гра́жданство (gráždanstvo)state of being a citizen
- по́данство (pódanstvo)state of being a citizen
Catalan ciutadania
- ciutadaniastate of being a citizen
Chinese Cantonese 公民權 /公民权, 國籍 /国籍
- 公民權 /公民权 (gung¹ man⁴ kyun⁴)state of being a citizen
- 國籍 /国籍 (gwok³ zik⁶)state of being a citizen
Chinese Mandarin 公民權 /公民权, 國籍 /国籍
- 公民權 /公民权 (gōngmínquán)state of being a citizen
- 國籍 /国籍 (guójí)state of being a citizen
Czech občanství
- občanstvístate of being a citizen
Danish borgerskab, statsborgerskab
- borgerskabstate of being a citizen
- statsborgerskabstate of being a citizen
Dutch burgerschap
- burgerschapstate of being a citizen
Estonian kodakondsus
- kodakondsusstate of being a citizen
Finnish kansalaisuus
- kansalaisuusstate of being a citizen
French citoyenneté, nationalité
- citoyennetéstate of being a citizen
- nationalitéstate of being a citizen
German Staatsbürgerschaft, Staatsangehörigkeit
- Staatsbürgerschaftstate of being a citizen
- Staatsangehörigkeitstate of being a citizen
- Bürgerschaftstate of being a citizen
Greek υπηκοότητα, ιθαγένεια
- υπηκοότητα (ypikoótita)state of being a citizen
- ιθαγένεια (ithagéneia)state of being a citizen
Hebrew אֶזְרָחוּת
- אֶזְרָחוּת (ezrakhút)state of being a citizen
Hindi नागरिकता
- नागरिकता (nāgriktā)state of being a citizen
Hungarian állampolgárság
- állampolgárságstate of being a citizen
Icelandic ríkisborgararéttur, ríkisfang
- ríkisborgararétturstate of being a citizen
- ríkisfangstate of being a citizen
Indonesian kependudukan, kewarganegaraan
- kependudukanstate of being a citizen
- kewarganegaraanstate of being a citizen
Irish saoránacht, cathróireacht
- saoránachtstate of being a citizen
- cathróireachtstate of being a citizen
Italian cittadinanza, senso civico
- cittadinanzastate of being a citizen
- senso civicostate of being a citizen
Japanese 市民権, 公民権
- 市民権 (shiminken)state of being a citizen
- 公民権 (kōminken)state of being a citizen
- 国籍 (kokuseki)state of being a citizen
Korean 시민권, 국적
- 시민권 (simin'gwon)state of being a citizen
- 국적 (gukjeok)state of being a citizen
- 공민권 (gongmin'gwon)state of being a citizen
Latin cīvitās
- cīvitāsstate of being a citizen
Latvian pilsonība
- pilsonībastate of being a citizen
Lithuanian pilietybė
- pilietybėstate of being a citizen
Malay kewarganegaraan, kerakyatan
- kewarganegaraanstate of being a citizen
- kerakyatanstate of being a citizen
Māori kiriraraunga, raraunga
- kiriraraungastate of being a citizen
- raraungastate of being a citizen
Norwegian Bokmål borgerskap, statsborgerskap
- borgerskapstate of being a citizen
- statsborgerskapstate of being a citizen
Polish obywatelstwo
- obywatelstwostate of being a citizen
Portuguese cidadania
- cidadaniastate of being a citizen
Punjabi ਨਾਗਰਿਕਤਾ
- ਨਾਗਰਿਕਤਾ (nāgrikatā)state of being a citizen
Romanian cetățenie
- cetățeniestate of being a citizen
Russian гражда́нство, по́дданство
- гражда́нство (graždánstvo)state of being a citizen
- по́дданство (póddanstvo)state of being a citizen
Scottish Gaelic saoranachd
- saoranachdstate of being a citizen
Slovak občianstvo
- občianstvostate of being a citizen
Spanish ciudadanía
- ciudadaníastate of being a citizen
Swahili uraia
- uraiastate of being a citizen
Swedish medborgarskap
- medborgarskapstate of being a citizen
Tagalog pagkamamamayan
- pagkamamamayanstate of being a citizen
Tamil குடியுரிமை
- குடியுரிமை (kuṭiyurimai)state of being a citizen
Thai สัญชาติ
- สัญชาติ (sǎn-châat)state of being a citizen
Turkish vatandaşlık, yurttaşlık
- vatandaşlıkstate of being a citizen
- yurttaşlıkstate of being a citizen
Ukrainian громадя́нство
- громадя́нство (hromadjánstvo)state of being a citizen
Urdu شَہْرِیَّت
- شَہْرِیَّت (śahriyyat)state of being a citizen
Vietnamese quyền công dân, quốc tịch
- quyền công dânstate of being a citizen
- quốc tịchstate of being a citizen
Welsh dinasyddiaeth
- dinasyddiaethstate of being a citizen
Yiddish בירגערשאַפֿט
- בירגערשאַפֿט (birgershaft)state of being a citizen
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APA
citizenship. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/citizenship
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“citizenship.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/citizenship. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “citizenship,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/citizenship.
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