International

The word international can mean:

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• Between nations or encompassing several nations. See global.
• List of left-wing internationals.
• International Style in architecture.
• The Internationale is a famous Communist song.
• The INTERNATIONAL is a golf tournament on the United States PGA TOUR.
• The International (discontinued April 25, 2004) was a passenger train operating between Toronto and Chicago.
• The International is a snooker tournament.
• International is a 2002 New Order compilation album
• International Harvester, manufacturer of heavy equipment
• The International Space Station is a current space station preceding the Mir space station.
• In team sports the term International is commonly used to refer either to a match between two national teams or to a player capped by his national team.

In the United Sates, "international" is commonly used incorrectly to denote "outside of the United States." Many non-American English speakers object to this usage when they encounter it on websites and in other material written in the United States for a global audience.

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