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binational en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- English national English binational From bi- + national.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Relating to, or involving, two nations.
    • Finally, a binational state would foster alliances between Palestinians currently under occupation and Palestinian Israelis to combat discriminatory Israeli land and housing policies. 2001 December 1, Lama Abu-Odeh, “The Case for Binationalism”, in Boston Review:
    • Binational peace talks broke down, so a third nation stepped in to mediate.
    • Experience elsewhere since World War II is hardly encouraging to binational or multi-national concepts. 1968, Don Peretz, “A Binational Approach to the Palestine Conflict”, in Law and Contemporary Problems, page 34, archived from the original on 10 Mar 2013:

Deriveds

binationalism · binationally · binationalist

binational en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- English national English binational From bi- + national.

Meanings

  1. A person of two nationalities.

Forms

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