national anthem

English

Noun

national anthem (plural national anthems)

The official song of a nation or sovereign state, generally of a patriotic nature and played at events to celebrate or honor said state.
- 2011 November 10, Jeremy Wilson, “tEngland Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report”, in Telegraph‎:
  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.
(nonstandard) The official song of a constituent state of a country.
The national anthem of Wales
The national anthem of the Russian SFSR

Translations

national song of a country

Afrikaans: volkslied
Albanian: himni kombëtar
Amharic: የሕዝብ መዝሙር m (yäḥzəb mäzmur)
Arabic: نَشِيد وَطَنِيّ‎ m (našīd waṭaniyy)
Armenian: օրհներգ (hy) (ōrhnerg), ազգային օրհներգ (azgayin ōrhnerg)
Azerbaijani: dövlət himni
Bashkir: дәүләт гимны (däwlät gimnı)
Basque: nazio erezerki
Belarusian: дзяржа́ўны гі́мн m (dzjaržáŭny hímn)
Bengali: জাতীয় সঙ্গীত (jatīy sôṅgīt)
Breton: kan broadel
Bulgarian: национален химн (nacionalen himn)
Burmese: နိုင်ငံတော်သီချင်း (my) (nuingngamtausihkyang:)
Catalan: himne nacional m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 國歌／国歌 (zh), 国歌 (zh) (guógē)
Czech: národní hymna f
Danish: nationalsang (da) c
Dutch: volkslied (nl) n
Esperanto: nacia himno
Estonian: riigihümn
Faroese: tjóðsangur m
Finnish: kansallislaulu (fi), kansallishymni (fi)
French: hymne national (fr) m
Galician: himno nacional m
Georgian: სახელმწიფო ჰიმნი (saxelmc̣ipo himni)
German: Nationalhymne (de) f
Greek: εθνικός ύμνος (el) m (ethnikós ýmnos)
Greenlandic: inuiaqatigiinni erinaq
Hawaiian: mele aupuni
Hebrew: המנון לאמי‎ (himnon leumi)
Hindi: राष्ट्रगान (rāṣṭragān)
Hungarian: nemzeti himnusz, himnusz (hu)
Icelandic: þjóðsöngur m
Indonesian: lagu kebangsaan (id)
Irish: amhrán náisiúnta m
Italian: inno nazionale m
Japanese: 国歌 (ja) (こっか, kokka)
Kannada: ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರಗೀತೆ (kn) (rāṣṭragīte)
Kazakh: ұлттық әнұран (ūlttyq änūran), мемлекеттік әнұран (memlekettık änūran)
Korean: 국가(國歌) (ko) (gukga)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: sirûda neteweyî
Lao: ເພງຊາດ (phēng sāt)
Latvian: valsts himna f
Lithuanian: valstybinis himnas m
Luxembourgish: Nationalhymn
Macedonian: државна хи́мна f (državna hímna), национа́лна хи́мна f (nacionálna hímna)
Malagasy: hiram-pirenena
Malay: lagu kebangsaan
Malayalam: ദേശീയഗാനം (ml) (dēśīyagānaṃ)
Maltese: innu nazzjonali m
Manx: arrane ashoonagh
Maori: ngaringari a te motu
Marathi: राष्ट्रगीत (rāṣṭragīt)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: төрийн дуулал (töriin duulal), улсын дуу (ulsyn duu) (China)
Nahuatl: tlacatiyancuicatl
Nepali: राष्ट्रिय गान (rāṣṭriya gān)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nasjonalsang m
Nynorsk: nasjonalsong m
Occitan: imne nacional m
Persian: سرود ملی‎ (sorud-e melli)
Polish: hymn narodowy m
Portuguese: hino nacional (pt) m
Punjabi: ਕੌਮੀ ਗੀਤ (kaumī gīt)
Quechua: llaqta taki
Romanian: imn național n
Romansch: imni naziunal m
Russian: госуда́рственный гимн m (gosudárstvennyj gimn)
Samoan: vii o le atunuu
Scottish Gaelic: laoidh nàiseanta
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: народна химна f, државна химна f, национална himna f
Roman: narodna himna f, državna himna f, nacionalna himna f
Slovak: štátna hymna f
Slovene: državna himna f
Somali: heesta qaranka
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: narodna hymna f
Upper Sorbian: narodna hymna f
Spanish: himno (es) m, himno nacional m
Swahili: wimbo wa taifa
Swedish: nationalsång (sv) c
Tagalog: pambansang awit
Tamil: நாட்டுப்பண் (ta) (nāṭṭuppaṇ)
Tatar: дәүләт гимны (däülät gimnı)
Telugu: జాతీయ గీతం (jātīya gītaṁ)
Thai: เพลงชาติ (th) (pleeng-châat)
Tongan: fasi fakafonua
Turkish: ulusal marş (tr)
Turkmen: döwlet gimni
Ukrainian: держа́вний гімн m (deržávnyj himn)
Urdu: قومی ترانہ‎ (qaumī tarānā)
Uzbek: davlat madhiyasi
Vietnamese: quốc ca (vi) (國歌)
Welsh: anthem genedlaethol
West Frisian: folksliet
Yiddish: נאַציאָנאַלער הימען‎ (natsyonaler himen)