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autoctono — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • autochthonous adj Belonging naturally to the place where it is found.
  • folk adj Belonging to or originating from ordinary people, their traditions, and their culture, rather than experts or elites.
  • native noun Someone who was born in a particular place.

Senses

autoctono is used for these senses in English:

  • autochthonous Native to the place where found; indigenous.
  • folk (countable, archaic) A people; a tribe or nation; the inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants.
  • native Characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times.

autochthonous — full definition

  1. adj Belonging naturally to the place where it is found.
  2. adj Having come into being in the very place where it is now found.
  3. adj Describes a fossil that stayed exactly where the creature died, without being moved or broken apart afterwards.

folk — full definition

  1. adj Belonging to or originating from ordinary people, their traditions, and their culture, rather than experts or elites.
  2. noun A genre of traditional or traditionally-styled music, often acoustic and rooted in a particular culture.
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