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native

/'neɪtɪv/

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adjective
characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning
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"native Americans"

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aboriginal

Opposite:

nonnative
noun
an indigenous person who was born in a particular place
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"the art of the natives of the northwest coast"

Similar:

aboriginal aborigine indigen indigene

type of:
someone individual mortal soul person somebody
noun
a person born in a particular place or country
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"he is a native of Brazil"

type of:
individual mortal somebody soul person someone
adjective
as found in nature in the elemental form
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"native copper"

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pure
adjective
belonging to one by birth
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"my native land" "one's native language"

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inborn inbred connatural

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adopted
adjective
characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin
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"the native North American sugar maple" "many native artists studied abroad"

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autochthonous domestic endemic homegrown native-born indigenous autochthonal autochthonic

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foreign
noun
indigenous plants and animals
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type of:
being organism

Examples of native

"native Americans"
"the art of the natives of the northwest coast"
"he is a native of Brazil"
"native copper"
"my native land"
"one's native language"
"the native North American sugar maple"
"many native artists studied abroad"