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Indigenous vs Aborigines - What's the difference?

indigenous | aborigines |

As an adjective indigenous

is (chiefly|of living things) born or engendered in, native to a land or region, especially before an intrusion.

As a noun aborigines is

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indigenous

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (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

    aborigines

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • The original people of a location, originally Greek and Roman.
  • Indigenous flora and fauna.
  • (history) The inhabitants of a location before colonization by the Europeans occurred.
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