Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

national anthem

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.90 in modern English

Syllables: na-tion-al an-them
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

noun

The official song of a constituent state of a country.

Example Sentences

"With such focus from within the footballing community this week on Remembrance Sunday, there was something appropriate about Colchester being the venue for last night’s game. Troops from the garrison town formed a guard of honour for both sets of players, who emerged for the national anthem with poppies proudly stitched into their tracksuit jackets."
"The national anthem of Wales"
"The national anthem of the Russian SFSR"

Inflected Forms

national anthems (plural)

Questions

What does national anthem mean?: The official song of a nation or sovereign state, generally of a patriotic nature and played at events to celebrate or honor said state.

How to pronounce national anthem

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