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indigenous
Meaning: originating naturally in a particular place or region
indigenous in a sentence
How indigenous is used in real sentences:
Maple trees are indigenous to the forests of eastern Canada.
Botanists confirmed that the rare orchid was indigenous to the island, having evolved there over thousands of years without human help.
“In Ireland, reports described negotiations with indigenous Irish lords whose authority rested on local kinship and ancient ties to the land.”
— from the passage The Queen's Paper Roads
Synonyms for indigenous
Other words for indigenous — native, aboriginal and endemic — carry the same meaning.
- native
- aboriginal
- endemic
Antonyms of indigenous
Words that mean the opposite of indigenous:
- foreign
- imported
- introduced
Where it comes from
From Latin indigena 'a native, sprung from the land'
Word parts
- gen — birth, origin, kind
indigenous: indi- (within) + gen (birth) + -ous (having the quality of)
Memory hook
INDIGENOUS has 'INDIGO' inside — a plant deeply rooted in its native soil.
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