Indigenous vs Izhorian - What's the difference?
indigenous | izhorian |
(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":
Innate, inborn.
* 1852 , , Uncle Tom's Cabin , ch. 18:
* 1883 , , "Stephen Archer" in Stephen Archer and Other Tales :
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 izhorian is
person from the ethnic group izhorians, indigenous people of ingria.As a proper noun izhorian is
the ingrian language.indigenous
English
Adjective
(-)- Not only the Indian, but many indigenous insects, birds, and quadrupeds, welcomed the apple-tree to these shores.
- She was a native and essential cook, as much as Aunt Chloe,—cooking being an indigenous talent of the African race.
- He had all the tricks of a newspaper boy indigenous in him.