foreign

ˈfɒɹɪn

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#1·5h ago

Relating to a different nation.

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#2·5h ago

Located outside a country or place, especially one's own.

He liked visiting foreign cities.

Origin: From , forein, from , from , from or outside, outdoors. Displaced native and now-dialectal , from . The silent -g- added perhaps by analogy with reign (compare also sovereign which was similarly altered). Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#3·5h ago

Originating from, characteristic of, belonging to, or being a citizen of a country or place other than the one under discussion.

There are many more foreign students in Europe since the Erasmus scheme started.

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