Meanings
nounnational anthem (plural national anthems)
plural national anthems
- The official song of a nation or sovereign state, generally of a patriotic nature and played at events to celebrate or honor said state.
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With such focus from within the footballing community this week on Remembrance Sunday, there was something appropriate about Colchester being the venue for last night’s game. Troops from the garrison town formed a guard of honour for both sets of players, who emerged for the national anthem with poppies proudly stitched into their tracksuit jackets.
2011 November 10, Jeremy Wilson, “tEngland Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report”, in Telegraph
Translations
Afrikaans volkslied
- volksliednational song of a country
Arabic نَشِيد وَطَنِيّ
- نَشِيد وَطَنِيّ (našīd waṭaniyy)national song of a country
Basque nazio erezerki
- nazio erezerkinational song of a country
Bengali জাতীয় সঙ্গীত
- জাতীয় সঙ্গীত (jatiẏo śoṅgit)national song of a country
Bulgarian национа́лен химн
- национа́лен химн (nacionálen himn)national song of a country
Catalan himne nacional
- himne nacionalnational song of a country
Chinese Cantonese 國歌 /国歌
- 國歌 /国歌 (gwok³ go¹)national song of a country
Chinese Mandarin 國歌 /国歌
- 國歌 /国歌 (guógē)national song of a country
Czech národní hymna, státní hymna
- národní hymnanational song of a country
- státní hymnanational song of a country
Danish nationalsang
- nationalsangnational song of a country
Dutch volkslied
- volksliednational song of a country
Esperanto nacia himno
- nacia himnonational song of a country
Estonian riigihümn
- riigihümnnational song of a country
Finnish kansallislaulu, kansallishymni
- kansallislaulunational song of a country
- kansallishymninational song of a country
French hymne national
- hymne nationalnational song of a country
German Nationalhymne
- Nationalhymnenational song of a country
Greek εθνικός ύμνος
- εθνικός ύμνος (ethnikós ýmnos)national song of a country
Hawaiian mele aupuni
- mele aupuninational song of a country
Hebrew המנון לאמי
- המנון לאמי (himnón l'umí)national song of a country
Hindi राष्ट्रगान
- राष्ट्रगान (rāṣṭragān)national song of a country
Hungarian nemzeti himnusz, himnusz
- nemzeti himnusznational song of a country
- himnusznational song of a country
Icelandic þjóðsöngur
- þjóðsöngurnational song of a country
Indonesian lagu kebangsaan
- lagu kebangsaannational song of a country
Irish amhrán náisiúnta
- amhrán náisiúntanational song of a country
Italian inno nazionale
- inno nazionalenational song of a country
Japanese 国歌
- 国歌 (kokka)national song of a country
Korean 국가
- 국가 (gukga)national song of a country
Latvian valsts himna
- valsts himnanational song of a country
Lithuanian valstybinis himnas
- valstybinis himnasnational song of a country
Malay lagu kebangsaan
- lagu kebangsaannational song of a country
Māori ngaringari a te motu
- ngaringari a te motunational song of a country
Norwegian Bokmål nasjonalsang
- nasjonalsangnational song of a country
Polish hymn narodowy
- hymn narodowynational song of a country
Portuguese hino nacional
- hino nacionalnational song of a country
Punjabi ਕੌਮੀ ਗੀਤ
- ਕੌਮੀ ਗੀਤ (kaumī gīt)national song of a country
Romanian imn național
- imn naționalnational song of a country
Russian госуда́рственный гимн
- госуда́рственный гимн (gosudárstvennyj gimn)national song of a country
Scottish Gaelic laoidh nàiseanta
- laoidh nàiseantanational song of a country
Slovak štátna hymna, národná hymna
- štátna hymnanational song of a country
- národná hymnanational song of a country
Spanish himno, himno nacional
- himnonational song of a country
- himno nacionalnational song of a country
Swahili wimbo wa taifa
- wimbo wa taifanational song of a country
Swedish nationalsång
- nationalsångnational song of a country
Tagalog pambansang awit
- pambansang awitnational song of a country
Tamil நாட்டுப்பண்
- நாட்டுப்பண் (nāṭṭuppaṇ)national song of a country
Thai เพลงชาติ
- เพลงชาติ (pleeng-châat)national song of a country
Turkish ulusal marş
- ulusal marşnational song of a country
Ukrainian держа́вний гімн
- держа́вний гімн (deržávnyj himn)national song of a country
Urdu قَومی تَرانَہ
- قَومی تَرانَہ (qaumī tarāna)national song of a country
Vietnamese quốc ca
- quốc canational song of a country
Welsh anthem genedlaethol
- anthem genedlaetholnational song of a country
Yiddish נאַציאָנאַלער הימען
- נאַציאָנאַלער הימען (natsyonaler himen)national song of a country
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APA
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MLA
“national anthem.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/national%20anthem. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
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