Aboriginal vs Metis - What's the difference?
aboriginal | metis | Synonyms |
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]:
Living in a land before colonization by the Europeans.
(Aboriginal)
An animal or plant native to a region.
* Charles Darwin
(Aboriginal)
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(Canada) One of three recognized Aboriginal peoples of Canada, descendants of marriages of Cree, Ojibwa, Saulteaux, and Menominee Aboriginal people with French Canadians, Scots and English.
(chiefly, Canada) A person of mixed European and Aboriginal descent. Often uncapitalized as metis.
(Greek god) The personification of "Wisdom". Daughter of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys. She was a Titan, but not one of the first twelve Titans. First spouse of Zeus, and the mother of Athena, goddess of wisdom. She symbolises the divine wisdom.
(astronomy) A satellite of Jupiter.
(astronomy) Short for , a main belt asteroid.
Metis is a synonym of aboriginal.
As nouns the difference between aboriginal and metis
is that aboriginal is an animal or plant native to a region while metis is (chiefly|canada) a person of mixed european and aboriginal descent often uncapitalized or metis can be practical intelligence; street smarts.As a adjective aboriginal
is first according to historical or scientific records; original; indigenous; primitive .aboriginal
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Green in the Church-yard, beautiful and green; / / And mantled o'er with aboriginal turf / And everlasting flowers.
Synonyms
* (indigenous to a place) native, indigenous, autochthonous, endemic, original, first, earliest, primitive, ancient, primordial, primevalDerived terms
* aboriginality * aboriginallyNoun
(en noun)- It may well be doubted whether this frog is an aboriginal of these islands.
