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Aboriginal vs Abo - What's the difference?

aboriginal | abo |

Abo is a related term of aboriginal.



As nouns the difference between aboriginal and abo

is that aboriginal is an animal or plant native to a region while abo is an aborigine; aboriginal.

As proper nouns the difference between aboriginal and abo

is that aboriginal is any of the native languages spoken by Australian aborigines while Åbo is Swedish name of Turku

As an adjective aboriginal

is first according to historical or scientific records; original; indigenous; primitive.

As an initialism ABO is

the most important blood type classification system for human blood transfusions.

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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    abo

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Abo

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Australia, offensive, ethnic slur, slang) An aborigine; aboriginal.

    • Synonyms

    * boong * gin (female Aborigine) * Jacky * lubra (female Aborigine) * Mary (female Aborigine)

    Anagrams

    * * * *

    References

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