indigenous
104
5.6
- adjective
- /ɪnˈdɪdʒɪnəs/
:
indígena
- By reading Indigenous literature, settlers come to understand Indigenous people as fellow human beings.
- indigenous people
- indigenous rights
- indigenous communities
So there there's plenty of indigenous use of these compounds.
- So there there's plenty of indigenous use of these compounds.
- It follows a family who are indigenous to Canada.
- The Albanian people consider themselves the indigenous people of the Balkan Peninsula.
- It is a fact that the indigenous peoples of this world, throughout the world,
- Are they dying off more rapidly than the indigenous Tibetans?
- So I work a lot with Indigenous groups in Canada when they asked me to.
- I've spent quite a lot of time fishing with indigenous fishermen and I have used a spear.
- It's a creative and educational app that highlights the indigenous teachers.
- So what had happened is that the property was built on indigenous land.
- So it's Columbus Day or Indigenous Peoples Day or whatever.
- I worked with John Tiger, an indigenous human being to Boston Bay.
- But there wasn't any evidence of an indigenous organic growth from nothing.
Examples
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The new policy aims to support indigenous artists and their unique cultural expressions.
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Native title is the right of indigenous peoples to their traditional lands, waters, and territories.
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So I work a lot with Indigenous groups in Canada when they asked me to.
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I think it must be an ancient Indigenous saying.
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Given the nature of our indigenous population, I would suggest clothes.
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It follows a family who are indigenous to Canada.
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In Guatemala, the office there train the indigenous women to fight their own battles.
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But they had become the defenders of the indigenous population by around the 1530s.
Academic text (2011) -
He's a smart boy and he expressed a keen interest in the history of the island's indigenous peoples.
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The arrival of Europeans ended the seminomadic indigenous lifestyle that had been in place for generations.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
27
7.2
Found regularly in a particular place or group of people
24
6.5
Of the first people or things living in a region
1
9.9
Formed naturally in the place where it is found and not moved from elsewhere
Living naturally in the place where it is found
Native to the place where it is found
Antonyms
Compounds
How Native
- Formal
1
9.9
104
5.6
- Specialized
- Specialized
1
5.9
481
3.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Indigenous comes from two parts: in- 'in' and gignere 'to be born'. So it literally means 'born in' a place, which is why we use it for people, plants, or animals that are native to a region.