Indigenous vs. Native
Indigenousadjective
Born or engendered in, native to a land or region, especially before an intrusion.
Indigenousadjective
Innate, inborn.
Indigenousadjective
Of or relating to the native inhabitants of a land.
Indigenousadjective
Of or relating to a language, culture, or ethnic group that has not spread by colonization, or that has been on the receiving end of colonization.
Indigenousadjective
Native; produced, growing, or living, naturally in a country or climate; not exotic; not imported.
Indigenousadjective
Native; inherent; innate.
Indigenousadjective
originating where it is found;
Indigenousadjective
originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native
Nativeadjective
Belonging to one by birth.
Nativeadjective
Characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times.
Nativeadjective
of or relating to the native inhabitants of the Americas, or of Australia.
Nativeadjective
Born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found; not foreign or imported.
Nativeadjective
Which occurs of its own accord in a given locality, to be contrasted with a species introduced by man.
Nativeadjective
Pertaining to the system or architecture in question.
Nativeadjective
(mineralogy) Occurring naturally in its pure or uncombined form; native aluminium, native salt.
Nativeadjective
Arising by birth; having an origin; born.
Nativeadjective
Original; constituting the original substance of anything.
Nativeadjective
Naturally related; cognate; connected (with).
Nativenoun
A person who is native to a place; a person who was born in a place.
Nativenoun
(in particular) A person of aboriginal stock, as distinguished from a person who was or whose ancestors were foreigners or settlers/colonizers. nodot=1 aboriginal inhabitant of the Americas or Australia.
Nativenoun
A native speaker.
Nativenoun
Ostrea edulis, a kind of oyster.
Nativeadjective
Arising by birth; having an origin; born.
Nativeadjective
Of or pertaining to one's birth; natal; belonging to the place or the circumstances in which one is born; - opposed to foreign; as, native land, language, color, etc.
Nativeadjective
Born in the region in which one lives; as, a native inhabitant, race; grown or originating in the region where used or sold; not foreign or imported; as, native oysters, or strawberries. In the latter sense, synonymous with domestic.
Nativeadjective
Original; constituting the original substance of anything; as, native dust.
Nativeadjective
Conferred by birth; derived from origin; born with one; inherent; inborn; not acquired; as, native genius, cheerfulness, wit, simplicity, rights, intelligence, etc. Having the same meaning as congenital, but typically used for positive qualities, whereas congenital may be used for negative qualities. See also congenital
Nativeadjective
Naturally related; cognate; connected (with).
Nativeadjective
Found in nature uncombined with other elements; as, native silver, copper, gold.
Nativenoun
One who, or that which, is born in a place or country referred to; a denizen by birth; an animal, a fruit, or vegetable, produced in a certain region; as, a native of France; the natives are restless.
Nativenoun
Any of the live stock found in a region, as distinguished from such as belong to pure and distinct imported breeds.
Nativenoun
a person who was born in a particular place; an indigenous person
Nativeadjective
being such by origin;
Nativeadjective
belonging to one by birth;
Nativeadjective
being or composed of people inhabiting a region from the beginning;
Nativeadjective
as found in nature in the elemental form;
Nativeadjective
normally existing at birth;
