EGAVE

indigenous

About 13.39 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Native to a land, especially before colonization. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
    The Aboriginals were indigenous to Victoria before the World War.
  2. adjective In particular, of or relating to a people (or their language or culture) that inhabited a region prior to the arrival of people of other cultures which became dominant (e.g., through colonialism), and which maintains a distinct culture.
    The Ainu are the indigenous ethnic group of Japan's Hokkaido Island.
  3. adjective Innate, inborn.
  4. adjective Original to a geographical area.
    That style of pottery is indigenous to that region.

Similar words

autochthonous autochthonal autochthonic native endemic home-grown homegrown home domestic local

Often followed by

peoples people to population and communities knowledge populations groups culture

Word family

Indigenous indigenously indigenousness indigenousnesses

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