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alkuasukas — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • Aboriginal adj Relating to the original, native inhabitants of a region, especially before colonization.
  • aborigine noun An Aboriginal person from Australia (descending from, or a member of, one of the indigenous people(s) before British colonisation), Aboriginal Australian.
  • autochthon noun The earliest inhabitant of an area; an indigenous person.
  • native noun Someone who was born in a particular place.

Senses

alkuasukas is used for these senses in English:

  • Aboriginal (potentially offensive) An Aboriginal inhabitant of Australia or other land. [First attested in the 19th century.]
  • aborigine A native inhabitant of a country; a member of the original people. [First attested in the early 19th century.]
  • autochthon (formal) The earliest inhabitant of an area; an indigenous person.
  • native A person who is native to a place; a person who was born in a place.
  • native (in particular) A person of aboriginal descent, as distinguished from a person who was or whose ancestors were foreigners or settlers/colonizers. (aboriginal inhabitant of the Americas or Australia).

Aboriginal — full definition

  1. adj Relating to the original, native inhabitants of a region, especially before colonization.
  2. noun (often capitalized, Aboriginal) A member of the indigenous peoples of Australia.

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