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The native, indigenous people of a country are often called aboriginals. In Canada, the First Nations — Inuits and Métis — would be considered aboriginals.

The adjective form of aboriginal is used to describe anything related to the native, indigenous people. You may visit a museum that has an exhibit of aboriginal art; or, if you're a linguist, you may study aboriginal languages. The adjective can also be used to describe something that is indigenous to a place and existed there from the beginning, such as "an aboriginal forest" that consists of old, old trees.

DEFINITIONS OF: aboriginal

adj having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state

“aboriginal forests”

Synonyms:: primaeval, primal, primeval, primordial

: early
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time

adj characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning

“the aboriginal peoples of Australia”

Synonyms:: native

Antonyms:: nonnative
not being or composed of aborigines

n an indigenous person who was born in a particular place

“the Canadian government scrapped plans to tax the grants to aboriginal college students”

Synonyms:: aborigine, indigen, indigene, native

Types:: show 27 types...; hide 27 types...; Levantine
(formerly) a native or inhabitant of the Levant; Mauritian
a native or inhabitant of Mauritius; Filipino
a native or inhabitant of the Philippines; Russian
a native or inhabitant of Russia; Seychellois
a native or inhabitant of Seychelles; Tatar
a member of the Turkic-speaking people living from the Volga to the Ural Mountains (the name has been attributed to many other groups); Udmurt, Votyak
a member of the Finno-Ugric-speaking people living in eastern European Russia; Komi
a member of a Finnish people living in the northwestern Urals in Russia; Cheremis, Cheremiss, Mari
a member of a rural Finnish people living in eastern Russia; Inger, Ingerman, Ingrian
a member of western Finnish people formerly living in the Baltic province where Saint Petersburg was built; Carelian, Karelian
a member of the Finnish people living in Karelia in northwestern European Russia; Khanty, Ostyak
a member of the nomadic Ugrian people living in northwestern Siberia (east of the Urals); Mordva, Mordvin, Mordvinian
a member of the agricultural people living in the central Volga provinces of European Russia; Nganasan
a member of the Samoyedic people living on the Taimyr Peninsula in Siberia; Ostyak-Samoyed, Selkup
one of the people of mixed Ostyak and Samoyed origin in Siberia; Samoyed
a Samoyedic-speaking person in northwestern Siberia; Veps, Vepse, Vepsian
a member of a Finnish people of Russia; Mansi, Vogul
a member of a nomadic people of the northern Urals; Yeniseian
a member of one of the groups living in the Yenisei river valley in western Siberia; Moro
a member of the predominantly Muslim people in the southern Philippines; Great Russian
a member of the chief stock of Russian people living in European Russia; used to distinguish ethnic Russians from other peoples incorporated into Russia; Muscovite
a resident of Moscow; Georgian
a native or inhabitant of Georgia in Asia; Siberian
a native or inhabitant of Siberia; Chechen
a native or inhabitant of Chechnya; Tagalog
a member of a people native to the Philippines chiefly inhabiting central Luzon around and including Manila; Bisayan, Visayan
a member of the most numerous indigenous people of the Philippines

Type of:: individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
a human being

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