Phrase guide

national anthem

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The official song of a nation or sovereign state, generally of a patriotic nature and played at events to celebrate or honor said state.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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2

noun

Meaning 2

The official song of a constituent state of a country.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: nonstandard

Examples

  • The national anthem of Wales
  • The national anthem of the Russian SFSR

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Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a song formally adopted as the anthem for a nation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: anthem

Narrower terms: Marseillaise, The Star-Spangled Banner

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

119 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: volkslied — national song of a country
  • Albanian: himn kombëtar — national song of a country
  • Amharic: የሕዝብ መዝሙር (yäḥzəb mäzmur) — national song of a country
  • Arabic: نَشِيد وَطَنِيّ (našīd waṭaniyy) — national song of a country
  • Armenian: օրհներգ (ōrhnerg) — national song of a country
  • Armenian: ազգային օրհներգ (azgayin ōrhnerg) — national song of a country
  • Azerbaijani: dövlət himni — national song of a country
  • Bashkir: дәүләт гимны (dəwlət gimnı) — national song of a country
  • Basque: nazio erezerki — national song of a country
  • Belarusian: дзяржа́ўны гі́мн (dzjaržáwny hímn) — national song of a country
  • Bengali: জাতীয় সঙ্গীত (jatiẏo śoṅgit) — national song of a country
  • Breton: kan broadel — national song of a country
  • Bulgarian: национа́лен химн (nacionálen himn) — national song of a country
  • Burmese: နိုင်ငံတော်သီချင်း (nuingngamtausihkyang:) — national song of a country
  • Catalan: himne nacional — national song of a country
  • Chinese Cantonese: 國歌 /国歌 (gwok3 go1) — national song of a country
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 國歌 /国歌 (guók-gŏ̤) — national song of a country
  • Hakka Chinese: 國歌 /国歌 (koet-kô) — national song of a country
  • Chinese Mandarin: 國歌 /国歌 (guógē) — national song of a country
  • Min Nan Chinese: 國歌 /国歌 (kok-koa) — national song of a country
  • Chinese: 國歌 /国歌 (gorh6 gor1) — national song of a country
  • Czech: národní hymna — national song of a country
  • Czech: státní hymna — national song of a country
  • Danish: nationalsang — national song of a country
  • Dutch: volkslied — national song of a country
  • Esperanto: nacia himno — national song of a country
  • Estonian: riigihümn — national song of a country
  • Faroese: tjóðsangur — national song of a country
  • Finnish: kansallislaulu — national song of a country
  • Finnish: kansallishymni — national song of a country
  • French: hymne national — national song of a country
  • West-Frisian: folksliet — national song of a country
  • Galician: himno nacional — national song of a country
  • Georgian: სახელმწიფო ჰიმნი (saxelmc̣ipo himni) — national song of a country
  • German: Nationalhymne — national song of a country
  • Greek: εθνικός ύμνος (ethnikós ýmnos) — national song of a country
  • Greenlandic: inuiaqatigiinni erinaq — national song of a country
  • Hawaiian: mele aupuni — national song of a country
  • Hebrew: המנון לאמי (himnón l'umí) — national song of a country
  • Hindi: राष्ट्रगान (rāṣṭragān) — national song of a country
  • Hungarian: nemzeti himnusz — national song of a country
  • Hungarian: himnusz — national song of a country
  • Icelandic: þjóðsöngur — national song of a country
  • Ilocano: nailian a kanta — national song of a country
  • Indonesian: lagu kebangsaan — national song of a country
  • Irish: amhrán náisiúnta — national song of a country
  • Italian: inno nazionale — national song of a country
  • Japanese: 国歌 (kokka) — national song of a country
  • Kannada: ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರಗೀತೆ (rāṣṭragīte) — national song of a country
  • Kazakh: ұлттық әнұран (ūlttyq änūran) — national song of a country
  • Kazakh: мемлекеттік әнұран (memlekettık änūran) — national song of a country
  • Khmer: ភ្លេងជាតិ (phleing ciət) — national song of a country
  • Korean: 국가 (gukga) — national song of a country
  • Northern Kurdish: sirûda neteweyî — national song of a country
  • Kyrgyz: мамлекеттик гимни (mamlekettik gimni) — national song of a country
  • Kyrgyz: улуттук гимн (uluttuk gimn) — national song of a country
  • Lao: ເພງຊາດ (phēng sāt) — national song of a country
  • Latvian: valsts himna — national song of a country
  • Lithuanian: valstybinis himnas — national song of a country
  • Luxembourgish: Nationalhymn — national song of a country
  • Macedonian: државна хи́мна (državna hímna) — national song of a country
  • Macedonian: национа́лна хи́мна (nacionálna hímna) — national song of a country
  • Malagasy: hiram-pirenena — national song of a country
  • Malay: lagu kebangsaan — national song of a country
  • Malayalam: ദേശീയഗാനം (dēśīyagānaṁ) — national song of a country
  • Maltese: innu nazzjonali — national song of a country
  • Manx: arrane ashoonagh — national song of a country
  • Māori: ngaringari a te motu — national song of a country
  • Marathi: राष्ट्रगीत (rāṣṭragīt) — national song of a country
  • Mongolian: төрийн дуулал (töriin duulal) — national song of a country
  • Mongolian: улсын дуу (ulsyn duu) — national song of a country
  • Nahuatl: tlacatiyancuicatl — national song of a country
  • Nepali: राष्ट्रिय गान (rāṣṭriya gān) — national song of a country
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nasjonalsang — national song of a country
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: nasjonalsong — national song of a country
  • Occitan: imne nacional — national song of a country
  • Pashto: ملي سرود (meli sarúd) — national song of a country
  • Iranian Persian: سُرودِ مِلّی (sorud-e melli) — national song of a country
  • Polish: hymn narodowy — national song of a country
  • Portuguese: hino nacional — national song of a country
  • Punjabi: ਕੌਮੀ ਗੀਤ (kaumī gīt) — national song of a country
  • Quechua: llaqta taki — national song of a country
  • Romanian: imn național — national song of a country
  • Romansh: imni naziunal — national song of a country
  • Russian: госуда́рственный гимн (gosudárstvennyj gimn) — national song of a country
  • Samoan: vii o le atunuu — national song of a country
  • Scottish Gaelic: laoidh nàiseanta — national song of a country
  • Serbo-Croatian: народна химна — national song of a country
  • Serbo-Croatian: државна химна — national song of a country
  • Serbo-Croatian: национална химна — national song of a country
  • Serbo-Croatian: narodna himna — national song of a country
  • Serbo-Croatian: državna himna — national song of a country
  • Serbo-Croatian: nacionalna himna — national song of a country
  • Slovak: štátna hymna — national song of a country
  • Slovak: národná hymna — national song of a country
  • Slovene: državna himna — national song of a country
  • Somali: heesta qaranka — national song of a country
  • Lower Sorbian: narodna hymna — national song of a country
  • Upper Sorbian: narodna hymna — national song of a country
  • Spanish: himno — national song of a country
  • Spanish: himno nacional — national song of a country
  • Swahili: wimbo wa taifa — national song of a country
  • Swedish: nationalsång — national song of a country
  • Tagalog: pambansang awit — national song of a country
  • Tajik: суруди миллӣ (surud-i milli) — national song of a country
  • Tajik: суруди давлатӣ (surud-i davlati) — national song of a country
  • Tamil: நாட்டுப்பண் (nāṭṭuppaṇ) — national song of a country
  • Tatar: дәүләт гимны (däwlät gimnı) — national song of a country
  • Telugu: జాతీయ గీతం (jātīya gītaṁ) — national song of a country
  • Thai: เพลงชาติ (pleeng-châat) — national song of a country
  • Tongan: fasi fakafonua — national song of a country
  • Turkish: ulusal marş — national song of a country
  • Turkmen: döwlet gimni — national song of a country
  • Ukrainian: держа́вний гімн (deržávnyj himn) — national song of a country
  • Urdu: قَومی تَرانَہ (qaumī tarāna) — national song of a country
  • Uzbek: davlat madhiyasi — national song of a country
  • Vietnamese: quốc ca — national song of a country
  • Welsh: anthem genedlaethol — national song of a country
  • Yiddish: נאַציאָנאַלער הימען (natsyonaler himen) — national song of a country