indigenous

adj.

1. Originating and living or occurring naturally in an area or environment. See synonyms at native.
2. Intrinsic; innate.

[From Latin indigena, a native. See indigen.]

indigenously in·dig'e·nous·ly adv.
indigenousness in·dig'e·nous·ness n.

adjective

1. Existing, born, or produced in a land or region: aboriginal, autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, endemic, native. See native/foreign.
2. Forming an essential element, as arising from the basic structure of an individual: built-in, congenital, connatural, constitutional, elemental, inborn, inbred, indwelling, ingrained, inherent, innate, intrinsic, native, natural. See be, native/foreign, start/end.

adj

Definition: native, inborn
Antonyms: alien, expatriate, foreign, migrant

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Said of a plant or tree which is native to the area in which it is grown.

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[Ge]

Native to the land, the original inhabitants. See also aborigines.

Native to an area.

IN BRIEF: Native.

Texas does not, like any other region, simply have indigenous dishes. It proclaims them. It congratulates you, on your arrival, at having escaped from the slop pails of the other 49 states. — Alistair Cooke

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - indfødt, indenlandsk

Nederlands (Dutch)
inheems, aan-/ ingeboren

Français (French)
adj. - indigène, autochtone

Deutsch (German)
adj. - einheimisch, eingeboren

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - γηγενής, αυτόχθων, ντόπιος, ιθαγενής

Italiano (Italian)
indigeno

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - nativo

Русский (Russian)
местный, природный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - indígena

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - inhemsk, infödd, medfödd

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
土产的, 本地的, 土著的, 生而俱有的, 内在的, 固有的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 土產的, 本地的, 土著的, 生而俱有的, 內在的, 固有的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 토착의, 원산의, 자생의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 土着の, 原産の, 固有の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) أهلي, بلدي, طبيعي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮יליד, בן-המקום‬

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