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connazionale

compatriot

noun kon-nahts-yoh-NAH-leh Rare

Also means

fellow citizen

Usage Note

Connazionale refers to someone from the same country as the speaker. It is an epicene noun — the form is the same for masculine and feminine, distinguished only by the article: il connazionale (m) / la connazionale (f). It is more formal than compatriota and commonly appears in news reporting about Italians abroad.

Examples

"Ho incontrato un connazionale a Berlino."

Natural Translation

I met a fellow Italian in Berlin.

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