dual citizenship: Meaning and Definition of

du'al cit'izenship

Pronunciation: [key]
  1. Also calledthe status of a person who is a legal citizen of two or more countries.
  2. citizenship of both a state and a nation, in nations consisting of a federation of states, as the U.S.
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