nationality

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   National, i.e. ethnic and/or cultural, character or identity.
2. 2
   Nationalism or patriotism.
3. 3
   National origin or identity; legal membership of a particular nation or state, by origin, birth, naturalization, ownership, allegiance or otherwise.
4. 4
   A people sharing a common origin, culture and/or language, and possibly constituting a nation-state.
5. 5
   Political existence, independence or unity as a national entity.