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Autochthonous

Aboriginal; indigenous; native.

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Native 84% connected

Arising by birth; having an origin; born.

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Native 84% connected

Arising by birth; having an origin; born.

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Autochthonal 92% connected

Alt. of Autochthonous

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Endemic 92% connected

Alt. of Endemical

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Indigenous 92% connected

Native; produced, growing, or living, naturally in a country or climate; not exotic; not imported.

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Aboriginal adjective · 78% connection

First; original; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the aboriginal tribes of America.

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Aboriginality noun · 78% connection

The quality of being aboriginal.

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Aborigine noun · 78% connection

an indigenous person who was born in a particular place; "the art of the natives of the northwest coast"; "the Canadian government scr…

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Adjutant noun · 78% connection

A species of very large stork (Ciconia argala), a native of India; -- called also the gigantic crane, and by the native name argala. I…

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American noun · 78% connection

A native of America; -- originally applied to the aboriginal inhabitants, but now applied to the descendants of Europeans born in Amer…

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Artificial adjective · 78% connection

Cultivated; not indigenous; not of spontaneous growth; as, artificial grasses.

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Autochthony noun · 78% connection

An aboriginal or autochthonous condition.

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Batata noun · 78% connection

An aboriginal American name for the sweet potato (Ipomaea batatas).

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Calumba noun · 78% connection

The root of a plant (Jateorrhiza Calumba, and probably Cocculus palmatus), indigenous in Mozambique. It has an unpleasantly bitter tas…

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Corundum noun · 78% connection

The earth alumina, as found native in a crystalline state, including sapphire, which is the fine blue variety; the oriental ruby, or r…

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Croat noun · 78% connection

A native of Croatia, in Austria; esp., one of the native Slavic race.

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Dammara noun · 78% connection

An oleoresin used in making varnishes; dammar gum; dammara resin. It is obtained from certain resin trees indigenous to the East Indie…

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Durbar noun · 78% connection

An audience hall; the court of a native prince; a state levee; a formal reception of native princes, given by the governor general of…

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Dyaks n. pl. · 78% connection

The aboriginal and most numerous inhabitants of Borneo. They are partially civilized, but retain many barbarous practices.

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Exile noun · 78% connection

Forced separation from one's native country; expulsion from one's home by the civil authority; banishment; sometimes, voluntary separa…

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Fatherland noun · 78% connection

One's native land; the native land of one's fathers or ancestors.

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Holophrastic adjective · 78% connection

Expressing a phrase or sentence in a single word, -- as is the case in the aboriginal languages of America.

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Homeborn adjective · 78% connection

Native; indigenous; not foreign.

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