national anthem

Also known as state anthem, national hymn

song that represents a country or sovereign state

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A national anthem is a song that officially represents a country or nation. It matters because it serves as a unifying symbol of national identity that people recognize and often perform at important public events.

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has list: list of former national anthems
different from: hymn
topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:National anthems
Commons category: National anthems
topic's main category: Category:National anthems
equivalent class: dbpedia.org/ontology/NationalAnthem
Commons gallery: National anthem
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4

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Holographic copy of 1847 of Il Canto degli Italiani, the Italian national anthem since 1946

A national anthem is a patriotic musical composition symbolizing and evoking eulogies of the history and traditions of a country or nation. The majority of national anthems are marches or hymns in style. Some countries that are devolved into multiple constituent states have their own official musical compositions for them (such as with the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union); their constituencies' songs are sometimes referred to as national anthems even though they are not sovereign states.

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