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Aboriginal
(,/&/b/@/'r/I//dZ//@/n/-/l )

adjective (a)

  • of or pertaining to members of the indigenous people of Australia(adj.pert)
    Example:
    An Aboriginal rite.
    source: wordnet30
  • characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning(adj.all)
    Example:
    The aboriginal peoples of Australia.
    Synonym:
    native
    Antonym:
    nonnative
    source: wordnet30
  • First; original; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the aboriginal tribes of America.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • a dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived(noun.person)
    Synonym:
    abo, aborigine, australian aborigine, native australian
    source: wordnet30
  • an indigenous person who was born in a particular place(noun.person)
    Example:
    The Canadian government scrapped plans to tax the grants to aboriginal college students.
    Synonym:
    aborigine, indigen, indigene, native
    source: wordnet30
  • An original inhabitant of any land; one of the aborigines.(noun)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state(adj.all)
    Example:
    Aboriginal forests.
    Synonym:
    primaeval, primal, primeval, primordial
    source: wordnet30
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