noun
national newspaper; paper with nationwide circulation
Refers to a newspaper distributed across the entire country, as opposed to a local or regional paper.
朝日新聞は日本の代表的な全国紙です。
The Asahi Shimbun is a major national newspaper in Japan.
全国紙と地方紙では、取り上げる話題が違うことがある。
National and local papers sometimes cover different topics.
Means 'nationwide' or 'the whole country'; 全国紙 is a compound using this word.
Compound of 全国 (nationwide) and 紙 (paper, newspaper).