indigenous
Example Sentences
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Over the last three decades, many cities, towns and roads in South Africa have been renamed, replacing them with indigenous ones or calling them after heroes of the struggle against apartheid.
From BBC
"Country music has always been a highly diverse form - merging and mixing black, indigenous, Mexican and other traditions - and yet, country music has struggled to accept its essential diversity," King said.
From BBC
“You have to cross two mountain ranges, and there’s opposition from some of the indigenous nations,” he says.
From Barron's
Under the beam of his headlamp, he and his indigenous mentor, J.J.
Despite the many Aboriginal communities, the British deemed the place terra nullius—no one’s land—and established a penal colony, bringing diseases that drastically reduced the indigenous population.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
