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Aboriginal vs Khond - What's the difference?

aboriginal | khond |

As nouns the difference between aboriginal and khond

is that aboriginal is an aboriginal inhabitant of australia, aborigine while khond is any member of an aboriginal hunter-gatherer tribe of india, inhabiting the tributary states of orissa and srikakulam.

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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    khond

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia Khond)
  • Any member of an aboriginal hunter-gatherer tribe of India, inhabiting the tributary states of Orissa and Srikakulam.

    • Alternative forms

    * Kandh