# citizenship

Pronunciation: say "SIT-i-zuhn-ship" /ˈsɪtɪzənʃɪp/

## Noun

1. The state of being a citizen; the legal status of belonging to a particular country as a recognized member.
   - Simple: Being a legal member of a country, with the rights that come with it.
   - _After years of paperwork, Maria finally received her American citizenship at a ceremony downtown._
   - _Children born in the United States automatically acquire citizenship at birth._

## Origin

Formed from citizen combined with the suffix -ship.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/citizenship (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).