Aboriginal

See also Aboriginal

English

Etymology

See Aboriginal#Etymology.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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Positive Aboriginal

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1. Original or indigenous to a place
   • 1814, William Wordsworth, The Excursion, Longman et al. (publishers), page 277:

     Green in the Church-yard, beautiful and green; / Template:... / And mantled o'er with aboriginal turf / And everlasting flowers.

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Synonyms

• (indigenous to a place): native, indigenous, autochthonous, endemic, original, first, earliest, primitive, ancient, primordial, primeval

Derived terms

• aboriginality
• aboriginally

Translations

original; indigenous

Bulgarian: коренен bg(bg), местен bg(bg), туземен bg(bg) Dutch: inheems nl(nl), inheemse nl(nl) Finnish: alkuperäinen fi(fi) French: indigène fr(fr) German: eingeboren de(de), einheimisch de(de)

Italian: aborigeno it(it) Portuguese: aborígene pt(pt) Ukrainian: аборигенський uk(uk) (aboryhéns’kyj), тубільний uk(uk) (tubíl’nyj), автохтонний uk(uk) (avtoxtónnyj), туземський uk(uk) (tuzéms’kyj)

Noun

Singular Aboriginal

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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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