What is the meaning of national?

noun

• A person who owes allegiance to that nation.
  • usage: "a monarch has a duty to his subjects"
  • synonyms: subject

adjective

• Of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country.
  • usage: "national hero"; "national anthem"; "a national landmark"
• Limited to or in the interests of a particular nation.
  • usage: "national interests"; "isolationism is a strictly national policy"
• Concerned with or applicable to or belonging to an entire nation or country.
  • usage: "the national government"; "national elections"; "of national concern"; "the national highway system"; "national forests"
• Owned or maintained for the public by the national government.
  • usage: "national parks"
• Inside the country.
  • usage: "the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior"; "the nation's internal politics"
  • synonyms: home, interior, internal
• Characteristic of or peculiar to the people of a nation.
  • usage: "a national trait"
• Of or relating to nationality.
  • usage: "national origin"