Dictionary Definition
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"
[syn: autochthonal,
autochthonic,
autochthonous,
endemic]
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English
Etymology
From indigenus, from indi- (indu-), an old derivative of in, |gen- the root of gignere, and English -ous. English since the 17th century, obsolete is indigene, from the same Latin word, via French indigène.Adjective
- born or engendered in, native to a land or region, especially before an intrusion, especially of plants and indigenous peoples.
- figuratively, innate
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
born or engendered in, native to a land or
region
- Finnish: alkuperäinen
figuratively, innate
- Finnish: synnynnäinen
- Dutch: inheems, inlands, autochtoon
Extensive Definition
Indigenous may refer to:
- Indigenous church mission theory
- Indigenous
peoples, population groups with ancestral connections to place
prior to formally recorded (i.e. written) history
- Indigenous knowledge (also called Traditional knowledge or Local knowledge) being knowledge from particular indigenous peoples
- Indigenous peoples of the Americas
- Indigenous Australians
- African indigenous religion
- Indigenous (ecology), about original ecosystems
- Indigenous (band), an American blues-rock band
- Indigenous (horse), Hong Kong racehorse
indigenous in Afrikaans: Inheems
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VERY TROPICALSynonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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