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metis | indigenous |

As a proper noun Metis

is 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.

As a noun metis

is a person of mixed European and Aboriginal descent. Often uncapitalized.

As an adjective indigenous is

born or engendered in, native to a land or region, especially before an intrusion.

metis

English

(wikipedia Metis)

Etymology 1

(etyl) originally referred to Francophone and Cree-speaking descendants of the French-Catholic Red River Métis in Manitoba. Compare (mestizo).

Alternative forms

* * metis,

Proper noun

(Metis)
  • (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.
    • Synonyms
    * Bois Brule, * country born * mixed-blood * (pejorative, offensive) half-breed
    Related terms
    * Michif

    Usage notes

    The Canadian Oxford Dictionary uses the spelling (term), but with the acute accent is used officially by organizations such as the Métis National Council and the Government of Canada.

    References

    * * in Wikipedia (accessed 2008-04-04).

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) , a titaness, consort of Zeus

    Proper noun

    (wikipedia Metis) (en proper noun)
  • (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.
    • Derived terms
    * Metidian
    See also
    * * * (wikipedia "Metis")

    Anagrams

    *

    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