native

IPA: nˈeɪtɪv

A person who is native to a place; a person who was born in a place.
(in particular) A person of aboriginal descent, as distinguished from a person who was or whose ancestors were foreigners or settlers/colonizers. Alternative letter-case form of Native (aboriginal inhabitant of the Americas or Australia).
A native speaker.
Ostrea edulis, a kind of oyster.
An aboriginal inhabitant of a colonized region, especially one colonized by English-speaking people. (Compare native, which is more general.)
(US, Canada) A Native American.
(Australia, New Zealand) An Aborigine.
(South Africa, dated, possibly offensive) A black African, especially a Bantu.

Belonging to one by birth.
Characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times.
Born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found; not foreign or imported.
(biology, of a species) Which occurs of its own accord in a given locality, to be contrasted with a species introduced by humans.
(computing, of software) Pertaining to the system or architecture in question.
(mineralogy) Occurring naturally in its pure or uncombined form.
Arising by birth; having an origin; born.
Original; constituting the original substance of anything.
Naturally related; cognate; connected (with).
Aboriginal to a colonized region, especially one colonized by English-speaking people. (Compare native, which is more general.)
(US, Canada) Indian: Native American or First Nation; of or relating to (North) American Indians.
(Australia, New Zealand) Aboriginal; of or relating to Australian Aboriginal peoples, Aborigines.
(South Africa) Related to black Africans, especially Bantu.
Alternative letter-case form of Native (of or relating to the native inhabitants of the Americas, or of Australia). [Aboriginal to a colonized region, especially one colonized by English-speaking people. (Compare native, which is more general.)]

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