HyperDic: national_anthem

English > 1 sense of the expression national anthem:
NOUNcommunicationnational anthema song formally adopted as the anthem for a nation
English > national anthem: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
MeaningA song formally adopted as the anthem for a nation.
InstancesMarseillaiseThe French national anthem
The Star-Spangled BannerA poem written by Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812 was set to music and adopted by Congress in 1931 as the national anthem of the United States
BroaderanthemA song of devotion or loyalty (as to a nation or school)
Spanishhimno, himno nacional
Catalanhimne nacional

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