national anthem

song of praise or devotion for one's nation

For the Radiohead song, see "The National Anthem". A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history, traditions and struggles of its people, recognized either by a country's government as the official national song, or by convention through use by the people.
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Noun
1. a song formally adopted as the anthem for a nation
(hypernym) anthem
(hyponym) Marseillaise

Synonyms and related words:
Brautlied, Christmas carol, Communist threat, Kunstlied, Liebeslied, Volkslied, Western imperialism, alba, anthem, art song, atrocity story, aubade, ballad, ballade, ballata, banner, barcarole, battle hymn, bloody shirt, blues, blues song, boat song, bridal hymn, brindisi, calypso, canso, canticle, canzone, canzonet, canzonetta, carol, cavatina, chanson, chant, chantey, colors, croon, croon song, crostarie, dirge, ditty, drinking song, epithalamium, expansionism, face, fiery cross, folk song, gonfalon, hymeneal, imperialist threat, independence, lay, lied, lilt, love song, love-lilt, manifest destiny, martial music, matin, minstrel song, minstrelsy, prothalamium, self-determination, serena, serenade, serenata, song, theme song, torch song, war song, wedding song, yellow peril
  

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