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    [Adjective]  | "in*dig*e*nous" | \ in-ˈdi-jə-nəs \


    1: produced, growing, living, or occurring natively or naturally in a particular region or environment

    2: of, relating to, or descended from the earliest known inhabitants of a place and especially of a place that was colonized

    3: innate, inborn


    Origin: 1632 ;

     Late Latin indigenus, from Latin indigena, noun, native, from Old Latin indu, endo in, within + Latin gignere to beget {mat|end-|}, ;

    [Adjective]  | "non*in*dig*e*nous" | \ ˌnän-in-ˈdi-jə-nəs \


    1: not produced, growing, living, or occurring naturally in a particular region or environment : not indigenous

    2: of or relating to someone who is not an Indigenous person : not belonging to or descended from the earliest known inhabitants of a place


    Origin: 1812 ;

    [Adjective]  | "indigenous" 


    1: belonging to a particular place by birth or origin;


      * e.g., " ... the culture of the indigenous people of that country "





    2: being a part of the innermost nature of a person or thing;


      * e.g., " ... the drive to create that is indigenous to humanity "





     [ "indigenous" ]

    1: Anger or annoyance provoked by what is perceived as unfair treatment.

      * e.g.,  ... The grammar professor was known to become indigenous and angry whenever he heard people confusing one word, for another word that doesn't nearly mean the same thing. Everyone feels he should stop being so indigenous and get along. 

     [ "indigenous" ]

    1: adjective

      * e.g.,  ... "the indigenous peoples of Siberia". 


     [ "indigenous" ]

    2: adjective: indigenous


     [ "indigenous" ]

    3: originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native.


     [ "indigenous" ]

    4: "the indigenous peoples of Siberia"

     [ "Indigenous" ]

    1: Indigenous is someone who is naturally native to a land before colonisation

      * e.g.,  ... Pauline Hanson is not an Indigenous person 

     [ "Indigen" ]

    1: An ethnic slur against people of Native American decent. A corruption of the word "indigenous".

      * e.g.,  ... "Andrew Jackson kicked all them indigens out of the South" 

     [ "indigenous acquisition" ]

    1: A more Politically correct term for "Indian Giver"

      * e.g.,  ... Yeah, Scott have me that vest, but then he asked for it back; I guess it was an indigenous acquisition. 

     [ "Afro indigenous" ]

    1: A person who has native American (usually from central America) and African ancestry. Many people think that everyone in countries like Mexico and El Salvador is a Mestizo. That is not the case. There were about as many Spanish people as there were Africans in countries like Mexico. At one point the spanish brought about 300 Africans to Mexico, there were about 300 Spanish conquistadors there as well. The Africans had the right to pik their mate, if they mated with a native, their child was born free.Some people in Mexico (the really dark skinned ones) arent Mestizos, they are probably afro-Mestizos.

      * e.g.,  ... White guy: Youre Mexican!? you kinda look black dude, your nose is wide, your lips are like Jay z's, you have curly hair but youre short.. 

     [ "Indigenous Australian" ]

    1: The first peoples to live in Australia, they can be all forms of skin tones especially since Britain Colonised Australia, though those with entire Indigenous Australian heritage and not mixed are typically dark brown. They have hundreds of different cultures and languages, and the Dreaming, a belief system. They represent around 3+% of the Australian population and were hard done by and still are by the Australian Government.

      * e.g.,  ... This Language is an Indigenous Australian language. 

     [ "Indigenous Australia" ]

    1: The first inhabitants of the land of Australia. A rich culture which has been surviving on the Australian land for more than 60,000+ years.

      * e.g.,  ... Indigenous Australia (s) are one of the longest living cultures in the world. 

     [ "Indigenous Canadians" ]

    1: Inferior

      * e.g.,  ... Indigenous Canadians are inferior. thats why they lost 

     [ "biafra indigenous people" ]

    1: Biafra Indigenous People BIP is an entire people of Biafra that survived Nigeria international war from 1967

      * e.g.,  ... The entire Biafra Indigenous People dislike the Nigeria government marginalization in 1966 

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