indigenous
adjEtymology
Borrowed from Late Latin indigenus (“native, born in a country”), from indi- (indu-), an old derivative of in (“in”), gen- the root of gignō (“give birth to”), and English -ous. Compare indigene, Ancient Greek ἐνδογενής (endogenḗs, “born in the house”), and the separately formed piecewise doublet endogenous. Unrelated to Indian.
- borrowed from indigenus
Definitions
Native to a land, especially before colonization.
- The Aboriginals were indigenous to Victoria before the World War.
- Not only the Indian, but many indigenous insects, birds, and quadrupeds, welcomed the apple-tree to these shores.
- Horses, like camels, had once been indigenous to Latin America but had become extinct.
Innate, inborn.
- She was a native and essential cook, as much as Aunt Chloe,—cooking being an indigenous talent of the African race.
- He had all the tricks of a newspaper boy indigenous in him.
Original to a geographical area.
- That style of pottery is indigenous to that region.
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Alternative letter-case form of indigenous (“native, relating to the native inhabitants…
Alternative letter-case form of indigenous (“native, relating to the native inhabitants of a land”).
The neighborhood
- synonymaboriginalnative
- synonymautochthonous
- synonymlocal
- synonymnatural
- neighborendogenous
- neighborindigena
- neighborindigent
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at indigenous. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at indigenous. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at indigenous
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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