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Aboriginal vs Ioqua - What's the difference?

aboriginal | ioqua |

As nouns the difference between aboriginal and ioqua

is that aboriginal is an aboriginal inhabitant of australia, aborigine while ioqua is the shell of dentalium pretiosum , formerly used as money and ornaments (hiaqua) by native american and aboriginal people of the western united states and canada.

As an adjective aboriginal

is of or pertaining to australian aboriginal peoples, aborigines, or their language.

As a proper noun aboriginal

is any of the native languages spoken by australian aborigines.

aboriginal

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • First according to historical or scientific records; original; indigenous; primitive.
  • * 1814 , , The Excursion , Longman et al. (publishers), [http://books.google.com/books?id=T18JAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA277&dq=aboriginal page 277]:
    • Green in the Church-yard, beautiful and green; / / And mantled o'er with aboriginal turf / And everlasting flowers.
  • Living in a land before colonization by the Europeans.
  • (Aboriginal)

    • Synonyms

    * (indigenous to a place) native, indigenous, autochthonous, endemic, original, first, earliest, primitive, ancient, primordial, primeval

    Derived terms

    * aboriginality * aboriginally

    Related terms

    * aborigine

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An animal or plant native to a region.
  • * Charles Darwin
    • It may well be doubted whether this frog is an aboriginal of these islands.
  • (Aboriginal)

    • Usage notes

    * Using uncapitalized aboriginal to refer to people or anything associated with people may cause offence. * In Canada, style manuals recommend against using the noun Aboriginal for a person or people. * See also the usage notes under Aboriginal .

    References

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    ioqua

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The shell of Dentalium pretiosum , formerly used as money and ornaments (hiaqua) by Native American and Aboriginal people of the western United States and Canada.

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