noun
- An indigenous person who was born in a particular place.
- usage: "the art of the natives of the northwest coast"; "the Canadian government scrapped plans to tax the grants to aboriginal college students"
- synonyms: indigen, indigene, aborigine, aboriginal
- A person born in a particular place or country.
- usage: "he is a native of Brazil"
- Indigenous plants and animals.
adjective
- Characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin.
- usage: "the native North American sugar maple"; "many native artists studied abroad"
- Belonging to one by birth.
- usage: "my native land"; "one's native language"
- Characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning.
- usage: "native Americans"; "the aboriginal peoples of Australia"
- synonyms: aboriginal
- As found in nature in the elemental form.
- usage: "native copper"
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