native
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- noun
- /ˈneɪtɪv/
- I am forever stuck halfway between the natives and the tourists.
- Alaska Native
- Alaskan Native
- American Indian/Alaska Native
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Watch on YouTubeAnd and dude, there were times I went out dressed just like a native in their clothes.
- And and dude, there were times I went out dressed just like a native in their clothes.
- He winds up, you know, finding hostile people and also a native person who he calls Friday, right.
- And for, you know, the United States, it's black people, it's it's native people, it's immigrants and Jews.
Examples
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Conflict between the natives and the Spanish came to a halt.
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Abdi Daisane, a Somali native, works with a nonprofit group that helps Somali refugees find jobs in Minnesota.
Academic text (2017) -
Understand sometimes when I put this map up in front of native people, they get very angry.
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Religions of the native peoples of South America.
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We'll need to win the hearts and the minds of the natives.
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If you're in a foreign country, you ought to learn the language from the natives, not another tourist.
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Some Spaniards were highly sympathetic to natives and their ideas and practices, while others were intolerant.
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The native people of the region have rich traditions that date back thousands of years.
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Our guide was a native who shared fascinating stories about his ancestors.
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Many natives still practice their traditional customs despite outside influences.
Synonyms
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7.6
A member of the first people who lived in a region
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8.6
A person from the first people living in a place before others arrived
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6.5
A person who lives in a small community that shares the same customs
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9.4
A person native to a place where their family lived for many generations
Antonyms
Compounds
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A person whose family lived in North or South America before Europeans arrived
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A person from the original communities who lived in Alaska or whose family comes from them
- Australian
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5.1
A person whose family lived in Australia before Europeans arrived
- Archaic
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8.7
A bright yellow mineral that occurs as pure crystals in rocks and near volcanoes
- Australian
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9.2
A small Australian animal that looks like a cat and carries its babies in a pouch
- Australian
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4.8
A small Australian animal that lives in trees, carries babies in a pouch, and eats eucalyptus leaves
- Australian
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9.8
A low evergreen shrub from southern Australia with triangular or heart-shaped leaves and orange-yellow flowers
- Australian
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8.9
A tall Australian tree with hard wood used to make furniture and tools
- Australian
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7.4
A low spreading shrub with bright red flowers and small berries like cranberries
- New Zealand
A shrub or small tree from New Zealand with dark red flowers that grows up to 10 feet tall
How Indigenous
Surface Forms
Etymology
Native used for indigenous people comes from natus 'born' and gives the idea of the first people 'born' in that land before later settlers arrived, which is why it points to original inhabitants.