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INDIGENOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Originating where it is found
Example:
the Ainu are indigenous to the northernmost islands of Japan
Synonyms:
autochthonal; autochthonic; autochthonous; endemic; indigenous
Classified under:
Similar:
native (characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin)
Derivation:
indigenousness (nativeness by virtue of originating or occurring naturally (as in a particular place))
Context examples:
Denotes a person having origins in any indigenous people of Alaska and their descendants and who maintains tribal affiliation, or community or cultural attachment.
(Alaska Native, NCI Thesaurus)
A Native American (NA) is a person having origins in one of the indigenous peoples of North America, who lived on the continent prior to the European colonization.
(Native American, NCI Thesaurus)
A general term for a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic regions of Canada, Greenland, Russia and the United States.
(Inuit, NCI Thesaurus)
In addition to the resistance showed by traditional communities, such as indigenous people and descendents of slaves; farm workers— small land owners included—still occupy prohibited territories.
(Brazilian savanna unprotected, study finds, Agência Brasil)
Aleutian - a person having origins from the Aleut indigenous group of Alaska and their descendants and who maintains tribal affiliation, or community or cultural attachment.
(Aleutian, NCI Thesaurus)
They concluded that the Arctic tundra is a major sink for mercury, a toxin that affects the neurological and immune systems of Arctic wildlife and is passed along to indigenous peoples who rely on subsistence hunting for their food.
(Study finds mercury levels in Arctic soils 5 times higher than temperate regions, National Science Foundation)
The root contains indigenous plant phytosterol estrogens such as diosgenin, which espouse therapeutic effects on female hormonal regulation and alleviate the symptoms of menopause, as well as induce antiproliferative pro-apoptotic effects in a diverse range of tumor cells.
(Dioscorea villosa Tuber, NCI Thesaurus)
