adjective

• Born or originating in, native to a land or region, especially before an intrusion.
• In particular, of or relating to a people (or their language or culture) that inhabited a region prior to the arrival of people of other cultures which became dominant (e.g., through colonialism), and which maintains a distinct culture.
• Innate, inborn.
• Alternative letter-case form of indigenous (“native, relating to the native inhabitants of a land”) [Born or originating in, native to a land or region, especially before an intrusion.]