aboriginal
IPA: æbɝˈɪdʒʌnʌɫ
noun
- An animal or plant native to a region.
- An Aboriginal inhabitant of Australia.
- Any of the native languages spoken by Australian aborigines.
- Alternative letter-case form of Aboriginal [An Aboriginal inhabitant of Australia.]
- Alternative letter-case form of aboriginal [An animal or plant native to a region.]
adjective
- First according to historical or scientific records; original; indigenous; primitive.
- Living in a land before colonization by the Europeans.
- Of or pertaining to Australian Aboriginal peoples, Aborigines, or their language.
- Alternative letter-case form of Aboriginal [Of or pertaining to Australian Aboriginal peoples, Aborigines, or their language.]
- Alternative letter-case form of aboriginal [First according to historical or scientific records; original; indigenous; primitive.]
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Examples of "aboriginal" in Sentences
- The aboriginal race of the planet is Alaspin.
- The Aboriginal school is the biggest employer.
- Aboriginals pierce their skin at the age of 17.
- Aboriginal, ancient and scarcely knowable it is.
- The Negritos are one of the aboriginal tribes of Malaysia.
- The town was the native land of the part of the aboriginal.
- The original inhabitants of the area were tribes of Aboriginal.
- The word aboriginal means “with the origin”—in other words, “awareness of the original intention” of life.
- {179b} The term aboriginal is here suggested, as more correct than spontaneous, the one hitherto generally used.
- Stories have circulated about fraud and exploitation of artists for almost as long as there was a buck to be made in aboriginal art.
- Of the four main aboriginal villages in the lands around the Bay of Tayouan, the company's closest ally was Sinkan, which was the smallest, having a population of around 1,000.
- I find it ironic that you are so critical of a brief reuter’s newsfeed even making an erroneous assumption of the term aboriginal while unquestioningly accepting de-facto editorials from the Taipei Times.
- Note 29: Company officials might have adopted such grand public speech quite consciously to suit aboriginal political culture, for Candidius wrote glowingly of the eloquence displayed in aboriginal village meetings: "Yes, I believe Demosthenes would not have been richer and more fluent in words" (Blussé's translation, "Retribution and Remorse"). back
- There may have been Chinese hunters, such as the pirate Yan Siqi, who is said to have died of a fever after hunting (打圍), but they were likely few, for aboriginal villages jealously guarded their hunting fields. 5 The aborigines exchanged venison and hides for salt, iron, and clothing brought by Chinese traders, many of whom sojourned in aboriginal villages.
- The company was still technically at peace with all of the villages, so the governor ordered his troops not to attack the pirates if they sought refuge in aboriginal villages. 4 He soon learned, however, that "the inhabitants of the village of Mattau, which can be reached via the river of Wankan, are harboring [the] pirate junks along with 170 Chinese pirates, whom they have lodged in their houses."