Vocabulary

indigenous

土着(どちゃく)の

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Samraworld Dictionary

(1) Adjective
Relating to the earliest known inhabitants of a place, especially of a place that was colonized by a now-dominant group.
場所(ばしょ)、特(とく)に現在(げんざい)支配(しはい)的(てき)なグループによって植民(しょくみん)地(ち)化(か)された場所(ばしょ)の最(もっと)も初期(しょき)の既知(きち)の住民(じゅうみん)。

Examples

  1. The Ainu are an East Asian ethnic group indigenous to Northern Japan, the original inhabitants of Hokkaido.

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