National may refer to:

Common uses

Nation A nation is a type of social organization where a collective Identity (social science), identity, a national identity, has emerged from a combination of shared features across a given population, such as language, history, ethnicity, culture, t ...

country A country is a distinct part of the world, such as a state, nation, or other political entity. When referring to a specific polity, the term "country" may refer to a sovereign state, state with limited recognition, constituent country, ...

Nationality Nationality is the legal status of belonging to a particular nation, defined as a group of people organized in one country, under one legal jurisdiction, or as a group of people who are united on the basis of culture. In international law, n ...

– a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen

Places in the United States

National, Maryland National is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Allegany County, Maryland Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It borders the stat ...

, census-designated place *

National, Nevada National is an extinct town in Humboldt County, in the United States state of Nevada. History There are at least two stories about why the place is named "National". The Works Progress Administration The Works Progress Administration (WPA; ...

, ghost town *

National, Utah National is a ghost town in Carbon County, Utah, Carbon County, Utah, United States. It is located along upper Gordon Creek. History Coal was discovered in the area in 1908, but large-scale mining did not begin until the National Coal Company ...

, ghost town *

National, West Virginia National is an unincorporated community in Monongalia County, West Virginia West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States ...

, unincorporated community

Commerce

National (brand) was a brand used by Panasonic Corporation (formerly Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.) to sell home appliances, personal appliances, and industrial appliances. Neither National Semiconductor nor National Car Rental are related to Pa ...

, a brand name of electronic goods from Panasonic *

National Benzole National Benzole was a petroleum brand used in the United Kingdom from 1919 to the 1990s. In 1957, the National Benzole Co. became wholly owned by Shell-Mex & BP (through British Petroleum) but continued its separate trading identity. In the e ...

(or simply known as National), former petrol station chain in the UK, merged with BP *

National Book Store National Book Store, Inc. (also spelled National Bookstore and abbreviated as NBS) is a retail company based in Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines. It operates a bookstore and office-supplies store chain of the same name. It is the largest ...

, a bookstore and office supplies chain in the Philippines *

National Car Rental National Car Rental is a private American rental car agency based in Clayton, Missouri, United States. National is owned by Enterprise Holdings, along with other agencies including Enterprise Rent-A-Car, and Alamo Rent a Car. National typically c ...

, an American rental car company * National Energy Systems, a former name of

Eco Marine Power Eco Marine Power, a company based in Fukuoka, Japan, develops and markets renewable energy based systems for ships and other vessels. The company's technologies use wind, solar and electric power to develop more energy efficient vessels with small ...

* National Entertainment Commission, a former name of the Media Rating Council * National Motor Vehicle Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA 1900–1924 * National Radio Company, Malden, Massachusetts, USA 1914–1991 * National Supermarkets, a defunct American grocery store chain * National String Instrument Corporation, a guitar company formed to manufacture the first resonator guitars ** Their successor companies: *** National Dobro Corporation *** National Reso-Phonic Guitars ** In the context of stringed instruments, the ''tricone'' and ''biscuit'' designs promoted by the National String Instrument Corporation * National International, a Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company-like Company

Sports

* Championnat National (also known as National), French football league competition * National (curling), annual curling bonspiel * SK Nationalkameratene, Norwegian sports club * TIL National, Norwegian sports club

Other uses

* National (Cymanfa Ganu), a Welsh festival in Wales, England and North America

Common uses

Places in the United States

Commerce

Sports

Other uses

See also