indigenous
see also: Indigenous
Pronunciation Adjective
Indigenous
Adjective
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see also: Indigenous
Pronunciation Adjective
indigenous (not comparable)
- (chiefly, of living things) Born or engendered in, native to a land or region, especially before an intrusion. [from 17th c.]
- 1862, Henry David Thoreau, "Wild Apples: The History of the Apple Tree":
- Not only the Indian, but many indigenous insects, birds, and quadrupeds, welcomed the apple-tree to these shores.
- 1862, Henry David Thoreau, "Wild Apples: The History of the Apple Tree":
- Innate, inborn. [from 19th c.]
- 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin, ch. 18:
- She was a native and essential cook, as much as Aunt Chloe,—cooking being an indigenous talent of the African race.
- 1883, George MacDonald, "Stephen Archer" in Stephen Archer and Other Tales:
- He had all the tricks of a newspaper boy indigenous in him.
- 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin, ch. 18:
- Of or relating to the native inhabitants of a land.
- Of or relating to a language, culture, or ethnic group that has not spread by colonization, or that has been on the receiving end of colonization.
- (born or engendered in) aboriginal, autochthonous, native; See also Thesaurus:native
- (innate, inborn) connatural, natural; See also Thesaurus:innate
- (relating to the native inhabitants of a land) local
- French: indigène, aborigène, autochtone
- German: indigen, einheimisch, eingeboren, inländisch
- Italian: indigeno
- Portuguese: indígena, nativo, aborígene, aborígine
- Russian: коренно́й
- Spanish: indígena, autóctono, nativo
- French: inné, congénital
- German: angeboren, intuitiv, eingeboren
- Italian: innato, congenito
- Portuguese: nato
- Russian: врождённый
- Spanish: innato, congénito
Indigenous
Adjective
indigenous (not comparable)
- altcaps en
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