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коренно́й жи́тель — meaning in English

korennoy zhitel

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English meaning

  • aborigine noun An Aboriginal person from Australia (descending from, or a member of, one of the indigenous people(s) before British colonisation), Aboriginal Australian.
  • native noun Someone who was born in a particular place.

Senses

коренно́й жи́тель is used for these senses in English:

  • aborigine A native inhabitant of a country; a member of the original people. [First attested in the early 19th century.]
  • 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).

native — full definition

  1. noun Someone who was born in a particular place.
  2. adj Belonging to a place by birth or original origin, rather than having moved there or been introduced.
  3. adj Present or built into something from the start, rather than added on later — often used of skills or abilities.

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