indigenous
Meaning of indigenous
- originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native.
the indigenous peoples of Siberia
coriander is indigenous to southern Europe
mid 17th century: from Latin indigena ‘a native’ (see indigene) + -ous.
Information about indigenous
- It is an adjective.
- Languages in which indigenous is used:
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Hyphenation of indigenous
in-dige-nous
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- indigenous is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
indigenous synonyms
Meaning autochthonal:
autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, endemic
Meaning associated with the place or circumstances of a person's birth:
Meaning inhabiting or existing in a land from the earliest times or from before the arrival of colonists; indigenous:
Meaning relating or restricted to a particular area or one's neighbourhood:
Meaning present or existing from the beginning; first or earliest:
Meaning happening or done before the usual or expected time:
Meaning coming before all others in time or order; earliest; 1st:
Meaning existing or occurring at the beginning:
Meaning belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence:
Meaning of the earliest time in history:
Meaning existing at or from the beginning of time; primeval:
indigenous antonyms
Meaning denoting or relating to a person living outside their native country:
Meaning tending to migrate or having migrated:
Meaning happening as a result of an external factor or chance rather than design or inherent nature:
Translation of indigenous
- French: aborigène, indigène
- Spanish: nativo, nativa, aborigen, indígena
- Italian: autoctono, indigeno, nativo, aborigeno
Words that rhyme with indigenous
nous, Anous, Manganous, adiaphanous, adiathermanous, amanous, athermanous, autophanous, bimanous, biomembranous, bulbomembranous, cymophanous, diaphanous, diathermanous, dimanganous, epiphanous, extramembranous, fibromembranous, germanous, hydrophanous, hygrophanous, idiocyclophanous, idiophanous, incanous, intermembranous, intramembranous, leucomelanous, longimanous, manganous, melanous, membranous, microcranous, mucomembranous, musculomembranous, nanous, nondiaphanous, nondiathermanous, oceanous, pedimanous, porcelanous, porcellanous, pseudomembranous, pyrophanous, quadrumanous, semidiaphanous, semimembranous, seromembranous, submembranous, theophanous, titanous