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Indigenous

/ɪnˈdɪdʒɪnəs/

Born or originating in, native to a land or region, especially before an intrusion.

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📖 Definitions of "Indigenous"

adjective

1
Born or originating in, native to a land or region, especially before an intrusion.
2
Innate, inborn.

🔄 Synonyms of "Indigenous"

5 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
endemicnoun	(especially of diseases) Prevalent in a particular area or region, persistent within a population.
autochthonous	Native to the place where found; indigenous.
nativenoun	Born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found; not foreign or imported.
autochthonic	Existing where it was formed or born; native, aboriginal, indigenous.
autochthonal	existing where it was formed or born; native, aboriginal, indigenous

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Indigenous"

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Word	Definition
autochthonous	Native to the place where found; indigenous.
autochthonalnoun	existing where it was formed or born; native, aboriginal, indigenous
autochthonic	Existing where it was formed or born; native, aboriginal, indigenous.
nativenoun	Born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found; not foreign or imported.
endemic	(especially of diseases) Prevalent in a particular area or region, persistent within a population.
home-grown	Having been produced locally.
homegrownnoun	(of produce) Raised or cultivated at home, on one's own land, or in one's own country; domestic; indigenous.
home	(sports) Relating to the home team (the team at whose venue a game is played).
domestic	Of or relating to the home.
local	From or in a nearby location.
tribal	Of or relating to tribes.
peoplenoun	(countable, collective) Persons forming or belonging to a particular group, such as a nation, class, ethnic group, country, family, etc.
nation	(rare, dialectal) An intensifier; extreme, great.
nationalnoun	Pertaining to a nation or country, especially as a whole; affecting, shared by, or existing throughout all of a nation.
locally	In or from the local area.
ethnic	Of or relating to a group of people having common racial, ancestral, national, religious or cultural origins.
nativist	Related to nativism.
municipal	Of or pertaining to a municipality (a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government).
strainnoun	(biology) A particular variety of a microbe, virus, or other organism, usually a taxonomically infraspecific one.
ancestral	Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors