aboriginal
aboriginals; aboriginally
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 people native to an area. 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.
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having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state“aboriginal forests”
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synonyms:
primaeval, primal, primeval, primordial
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early
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
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early
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characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning
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an indigenous person who was born in a particular place“the Canadian government scrapped plans to tax the grants to aboriginal college students”
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types:
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Levantine
(formerly) a native or inhabitant of the Levant
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Mauritian
a native or inhabitant of Mauritius
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Filipino
a native or inhabitant of the Philippines
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Russian
a native or inhabitant of Russia
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Seychellois
a native or inhabitant of Seychelles
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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)
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Udmurt, Votyak
a member of the Finno-Ugric-speaking people living in eastern European Russia
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Komi
a member of a Finnish people living in the northwestern Urals in Russia
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Cheremis, Cheremiss, Mari
a member of a rural Finnish people living in eastern Russia
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Inger, Ingerman, Ingrian
a member of western Finnish people formerly living in the Baltic province where Saint Petersburg was built
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Carelian, Karelian
a member of the Finnish people living in Karelia in northwestern European Russia
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Khanty, Ostyak
a member of the nomadic Ugrian people living in northwestern Siberia (east of the Urals)
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Mordva, Mordvin, Mordvinian
a member of the agricultural people living in the central Volga provinces of European Russia
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Nganasan
a member of the Samoyedic people living on the Taimyr Peninsula in Siberia
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Ostyak-Samoyed, Selkup
one of the people of mixed Ostyak and Samoyed origin in Siberia
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Samoyed
a Samoyedic-speaking person in northwestern Siberia
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Veps, Vepse, Vepsian
a member of a Finnish people of Russia
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Mansi, Vogul
a member of a nomadic people of the northern Urals
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Yeniseian
a member of one of the groups living in the Yenisei river valley in western Siberia
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Moro
a member of the predominantly Muslim people in the southern Philippines
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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
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Muscovite
a resident of Moscow
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Georgian
a native or inhabitant of Georgia in Asia
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Siberian
a native or inhabitant of Siberia
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Chechen
a native or inhabitant of Chechnya
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Tagalog
a member of a people native to the Philippines chiefly inhabiting central Luzon around and including Manila
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Bisayan, Visayan
a member of the most numerous indigenous people of the Philippines
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