What is the difference between indigenous and aboriginal?
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Aboriginal is a synonym of indigenous. As adjectives the difference between indigenous and aboriginal is that indigenous is {{context|chiefly|of living things|lang=en}} born or engendered in, native to a land or region, especially before an intrusion {{defdate|from 17th c}} while aboriginal is first according to historical or scientific records; original; indigenous; primitive {{defdate|first attested in the mid 17th century}} [{{reference-book|last =|first =|authorlink =|coauthors =|editor =brown, lesley|others =|title = the shorter oxford english dictionary|origdate =|origyear = 1933|origmonth =|url =|format =|accessdate =|accessyear =|accessmonth =|edition = 5th|date =|year =2003|month =|publisher =oxford university press|location =oxford, uk|language =|id =|doi =|isbn =978-0-19-860575-7|lccn =|ol =|pages =6|chapter =|chapterurl =|quote =}}]. As a noun aboriginal is an animal or plant native to a region {{defdate|first attested in the mid 18th century}} [.
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indigenous English
Adjective
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(chiefly, of living things) Born or engendered in, native to a land or region, especially before an intrusion.
* 1862 , , "Wild Apples: The History of the Apple Tree":
- Not only the Indian, but many indigenous insects, birds, and quadrupeds, welcomed the apple-tree to these shores.
Innate, inborn.
* 1852 , , Uncle Tom's Cabin , ch. 18:
- She was a native and essential cook, as much as Aunt Chloe,—cooking being an indigenous talent of the African race.
* 1883 , , "Stephen Archer" in Stephen Archer and Other Tales :
- He had all the tricks of a newspaper boy indigenous in him.
Synonyms
* (born or engendered in) aboriginal, autochthonous, native
Derived terms
* indigenity
* indigenously
* indigenousness
* nonindigenous
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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 .
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