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- 1. originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native: "the indigenous peoples of Siberia"
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INDIGENOUS definition: 1. used to refer to, or relating to, the people who originally lived in a place, rather than people…. Learn more.
The meaning of INDIGENOUS is produced, growing, living, or occurring natively or naturally in a particular region or environment. How to use indigenous in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Indigenous.
adjective. us / ɪnˈdɪdʒ.ə.nəs / uk / ɪnˈdɪdʒ.ɪ.nəs / Add to word list. used to refer to, or relating to, the people who originally lived in a place, rather than people who moved there from somewhere else : So who are the indigenous people of this land? The indigenous population has long suffered exclusion and profound injustice.
(of people and their culture) coming from a particular place and having lived there for a long time before other people came there; relating to, belonging to or developed by these people synonym native. the indigenous peoples/languages of an area. Indigenous Australians/Canadians. indigenous land/territory. She campaigns for indigenous rights.
adjective. Indigenous people or things belong to the country in which they are found, rather than coming there or being brought there from another country. [formal] ...the country's indigenous population. ...animals that are indigenous to Asia. Synonyms: native, original, home-grown, autochthonous More Synonyms of indigenous.
Indigenous definition: originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country; native (often followed by to). See examples of INDIGENOUS used in a sentence.
indigenous is a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin indigena, ‑ous suffix. See etymology. Nearby entries. indigeneity, n. 1866–.
Britannica Dictionary definition of INDIGENOUS. : produced, living, or existing naturally in a particular region or environment. He grows a wide variety of both indigenous [= native] and exotic plants. an indigenous culture/language. There are several indigenous groups that still live in the area. — sometimes + to.
Use indigenous to describe a plant, animal or person that is native or original to an area. Though Switzerland is known for its chocolates, chocolate, which comes from the cocoa plant, is indigenous to South America. Indigenous, aboriginal, and native all mean the same thing.
indigenous. adjective. uk / ɪnˈdɪdʒɪnəs / us. Add to word list Add to word list. having always lived or existed in a place: indigenous peoples. The kangaroo is indigenous to Australia. (Definition of indigenous from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
