Hyphenation of national

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word national? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

na-tion-al

Definitions of national:

1.	A person who owes allegiance to that nation A monarch has a duty to his subjects
2.	Of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country National hero National anthem A national landmark
3.	Limited to or in the interests of a particular nation National interests Isolationism is a strictly national policy
4.	Concerned with or applicable to or belonging to an entire nation or country The national government National elections Of national concern The national highway system National forests
5.	Owned or maintained for the public by the national government National parks
6.	Inside the country The British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior The nation's internal politics
7.	Characteristic of or peculiar to the people of a nation A national trait
8.	Of or relating to nationality National origin

Synonyms of national:

adj	political unit
adj	national, nationalist, nationalistic, domestic
adj	national, federal, general
adj	public
adj	home, interior, internal, domestic
adj	people
adj	status, position
noun	subject, person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.