Indigenous — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

originating where it is found

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɪndˈɪdʒənəs/

🇬🇧British English

/ɪndˈɪdʒənəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɪndˈɪdʒənəs/

4 syllables Say it as /ɪndˈɪdʒənəs/.

Examples

the autochthonal fauna of Australia includes the kangaroo
autochthonous rocks and people and folktales
endemic folkways

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

autochthonic autochthonous autochthonal endemic

Parts of Speech

adjective

originating where it is found

“the autochthonal fauna of Australia includes the kangaroo”

Word Forms

autochthony	noun	nativeness by virtue of originating or occurring naturally (as in a particular place)
indigenousness	noun	nativeness by virtue of originating or occurring naturally (as in a particular place)

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

einheimisch

Ursprung dort, wo es gefunden wird

🇫🇷French

indigène

originaire de là où on le trouve

🇪🇸Spanish

indígena

originario de donde se encuentra

🇮🇹Italian

indigeno

originario del luogo in cui si trova

🇳🇱Dutch

inheems

oorsprong waar het wordt gevonden

🇵🇹Portuguese

indígena

originando onde é encontrado

🇷🇺Russian

местный

происходящий там, где он находится

India

🇮🇳Hindi

स्वदेशी

जहां यह पाया जाता है वहीं से उत्पन्न होता है

🇧🇩Bengali

আদিবাসী

উৎপত্তি যেখানে এটি পাওয়া যায়

🇮🇳Tamil

பழங்குடியினர்

அது காணப்படும் இடத்தில் இருந்து வருகிறது

🇮🇳Telugu

స్వదేశీ

అది ఎక్కడ కనుగొనబడిందో అక్కడ ఉద్భవిస్తుంది

🇮🇳Marathi

स्वदेशी

जिथे ते सापडते तिथे उगम

🇮🇳Gujarati

સ્વદેશી

જ્યાં તે જોવા મળે છે ત્યાંથી ઉદ્દભવે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸ್ಥಳೀಯ

ಅದು ಎಲ್ಲಿ ಕಂಡುಬರುತ್ತದೆಯೋ ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಹುಟ್ಟಿಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

തദ്ദേശീയമായ

അത് കണ്ടെത്തുന്നിടത്ത് നിന്ന് ഉത്ഭവിക്കുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਦੇਸੀ

ਉਤਪੰਨ ਜਿੱਥੇ ਇਹ ਪਾਇਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

مقامی

جہاں سے یہ پایا جاتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

土著

起源于它被发现的地方

🇯🇵Japanese

先住民族の

見つかった場所で発生する

🇰🇷Korean

원주민

발견된 곳에서 유래

🇻🇳Vietnamese

bản địa

có nguồn gốc từ nơi nó được tìm thấy

🇹🇭Thai

พื้นเมือง

กำเนิดที่ซึ่งพบอยู่

🇮🇩Indonesian

asli

berasal dari tempat ditemukannya

🇵🇭Filipino

katutubo

nagmula kung saan ito matatagpuan

🇲🇾Malay

orang asli

berasal dari mana ia ditemui

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

السكان الأصليين

مصدرها حيث وجدت

🇮🇷Persian

بومی

از جایی که پیدا می شود

🇹🇷Turkish

yerli

Bulunduğu yerden kaynaklanan

🇮🇱Hebrew

יְלִידִי

מקורו במקום בו הוא נמצא

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