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Dictionary: ab·o·rig·i·ne   (ăb'ə-rĭj'ə-nē) pronunciation
 
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    1. A member of the indigenous or earliest known population of a region; a native.
    2. often Aborigine A member of any of the indigenous peoples of Australia. See Usage Note at native.
  1. aborigines The flora and fauna native to a geographic area.

[From Latin aborīginēs, original inhabitants (folk etymology of a pre-Roman tribal name) : ab-, from; see ab–1 + orīgine, ablative of orīgō, beginning; see origin.]


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A member of an indigenous people existing in a land before invasion or colonization by another race. This term is especially used for the original inhabitants of Australia.

 
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Derived from the Latin word ‘aborigine’ extended to mean the original inhabitants of a country. When used as a proper noun the term usually refers to the indigenous peoples of Australia.

 
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(ab-uh-rij-uh-neez)

The earliest known inhabitants of a region. The term is most often associated with the native hunting and gathering population of Australia, who preceded the arrival of white settlers. (See hunting and gathering societies.)

 
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IN BRIEF: The first, indigenous people of a region.

pronunciation The early settlers learned a lot from the aborigines.

 
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - aboriginer, australneger

Nederlands (Dutch)
inboorling, inheems(e) plant/dier

Français (French)
n. - aborigène

Deutsch (German)
n. - australischer Ureinwohner, Eingeborener

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ιθαγενής/αυτόχθων της Αυστραλίας, αβορίγινας

Italiano (Italian)
aborigeno, indigeno

Português (Portuguese)
n. - aborígine (m)

Русский (Russian)
коренной житель

Español (Spanish)
n. - aborigen, indígena

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - urinvånare, inföding

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
土著居民, 土生动物群

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 土著居民, 土生動物群

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 원주민, 토착의 동물

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 原住民, アボリジニ, 土着の動物

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أحد السكان الأصليين‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תושב קדמון, יליד‬


 
 
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