indigenous

Etymology
Borrowed from, from , an old derivative of ,  the root of , and English. Compare, , and the separately formed. Unrelated to.

Adjective

 * 1) Born or originating in, native to a land or region, especially before an intrusion.
 * 2) In particular, of or relating to a people (or their language or culture) that inhabited a region prior to the arrival of people of other cultures which became dominant (e.g., through colonialism), and which maintains a distinct culture.
 * 3) Innate, inborn.
 * 1) In particular, of or relating to a people (or their language or culture) that inhabited a region prior to the arrival of people of other cultures which became dominant (e.g., through colonialism), and which maintains a distinct culture.
 * 2) Innate, inborn.
 * 1) Innate, inborn.
 * 1) Innate, inborn.
 * 1) Innate, inborn.

Usage notes

 * Some style guides recommend capitalizing Indigenous in reference to the racial/ethnic/cultural category,  while noting that lowercase indigenous has historically been more common.
 * When referring to a specific group of people, the word is capitalised. For example, "Indigenous Australian" is always capitalised as it refers to a specific ethnic group.

Synonyms

 * ,, ; See also Thesaurus:native
 * , ; See also Thesaurus:innate

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 在地的
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto: indiĝena
 * Estonian: pärismaine
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * Galician: indíxena,
 * Georgian: აბორიგენული, მკვიდრი, ადგილობრივი
 * German:, , ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: αὐτόχθων
 * Hebrew: יְלִידִי
 * Icelandic: frumbyggja-, infæddur, innlendur
 * Indonesian:, , masyarakat adat
 * Italian:
 * Ladino: indijena
 * Latin: indigenus
 * Maori: taketake
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: stedegen, innfødt
 * Occitan:
 * Old English: inlendisc, inlende
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:, , ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, , , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: tùsanach
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Sicilian: nnìgginu, autòttunu, nativu, arigginaru
 * Spanish:, ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:, ,
 * Icelandic: meðfæddur
 * Italian: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish: ,


 * Dutch:, ,