Definizione monolingua

indigenous

indigenous (not comparable)

1. (chiefly of living things) Born or engendered in, native to a land or region, especially before an intrusion. [from 17th c.]
   • 1862, Henry David Thoreau, ""Wild Apples: The History of the Apple Tree"":

     Not only the Indian, but many indigenous insects, birds, and quadrupeds, welcomed the apple-tree to these shores.

2. Innate, inborn. [from 19th c.]
   • 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Toms Cabin, ch. 18:

     She was a native and essential cook, as much as Aunt Chloe,—cooking being an indigenous talent of the African race.

   • 1883, George MacDonald, ""Stephen Archer"" in Stephen Archer and Other Tales:

     He had all the tricks of a newspaper boy indigenous in him.

Definizione dizionario indigenous

	indigeno
	born or engendered in, native to a land or region

	congenito
	innate, inborn

	innato
	innate, inborn

autoctono

insito

nativo

unigenito

Altri significati:

A descendant of the first known human inhabitants of a region or country.

(chiefly of living things) Born or engendered in, native to a land or region, especially before an intrusion. [from 17th c.]

Characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning.

Innate, inborn. [from 19th c.]