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Indigenous

Indigenous Meaning & Definition
Indigenous Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Indigenous?

[adj] originating where it is found; "the autochthonal fauna of Australia includes the kangaroo"; "autochthonous rocks and people and folktales"; "endemic folkways"; "the Ainu are indigenous to the northernmost islands of Japan"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Indigenous: autochthonal | autochthonic | autochthonous | endemic | native

Related Terms | Find terms related to Indigenous: aboriginal | atavistic | autochthonous | bodily | born | coeval | congenital | connatal | connate | connatural | constitutional | endemic | genetic | hereditary | homebred | homegrown | in the blood | inborn | inbred | incarnate | inherent | inherited | innate | instinctive | instinctual | local | natal | native | native to | native-born | natural | natural to | organic | original | physical | primal | primitive | temperamental | unacquired | vernacular

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Indigenous In Webster's Dictionary

\In*dig"e*nous\, a. [L. indigenus, indigena, fr. OL. indu (fr. in in) + the root of L. gignere to beget, bear. See {In}, and {Gender}.] 1. Native; produced, growing, or living, naturally in a country or climate; not exotic; not imported. Negroes were all transported from Africa and are not indigenous or proper natives of America. --Sir T. Browne. In America, cotton, being indigenous, is cheap. --Lion Playas. 2. Native; inherent; innate. Joy and hope are emotions indigenous to the human mind. --I. Taylor.

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