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单词 unceded
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uncededadj.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈsiːdᵻd/, U.S. /ˌənˈsidᵻd/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, cede v., -ed suffix1.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + cede v. + -ed suffix1.
Of land, territory, etc.: belonging to indigenous peoples; not ceded, given up, or handed over to a colonizing people, government, or nation.Originally and chiefly in North American contexts.
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1770 J. Stuart Let. 13 Jan. in Jrnls. House Burgesses of Virginia, 1770–1772 (1906) p. xii The Creek Nation, consisting of four thousand gun men have lately complained to me of Settlement being made by emigrants from Virginia on the unceded lands on the Mississipi.
1823 Niles' Weekly Reg. 23 Aug. 393/1 Perhaps we do not exactly understand the condition of the Indians, but it appears to us, that the lands yet unceded must be regarded as their own.
1914 D. C. Scott in A. Shortt & A. G. Doughty Canada & its Provinces IV. ii. 704 All squatters were to remove from these unceded lands.
1982 M. D. Green Politics Indian Removal iv. 80 The 1790 Treaty of New York and the 1814 Treaty of Fort Jackson..guaranteed to the Nation all its unceded territory.
2022 Brisbane Times (Nexis) 23 Mar. The Port operates on the unceded lands of the Bidjigal people, who have been resisting the Australian colony since European arrival.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2022).
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