(h)əʊm hoʊm ɪnˈtɪɹiɚ ɪnˈtɪəɹiːə ɪnˈtɜː.nəl ɪnˈtɝ.nl̩ ˈnaʃn̩(ə)l ˈnæʃən(ə)l ˈnaʃn̩(ə)l ˈnæʃən(ə)l ˈsʌb.dʒɛkt inside the country the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior the nation's internal politics concerned with or applicable to or belonging to an entire nation or country the national government national elections of national concern the national highway system national forests limited to or in the interests of a particular nation national interests isolationism is a strictly national policy owned or maintained for the public by the national government national parks of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country national hero national anthem a national landmark of or relating to nationality national origin characteristic of or peculiar to the people of a nation a national trait a person who owes allegiance to that nation a monarch has a duty to his subjects