Originally (only in plural): the people or race which first inhabited Latium in Italy. In later use more generally: the earliest known inhabitants of…

Originally (only in plural): a person indigenous to a particular country or region and traditionally supposed to have been born out of the earth…

An indigenous or native inhabitant. Also in extended use. Cf. aborigine, n.

A member of an indigenous ethnic group. Frequently with a suggestion of inferior status, culture… A member of the indigenous ethnic group of a…

In plural. Original inhabitants, settlers, practitioners, etc. rare.

An original or earliest inhabitant of a land, esp. as distinguished from a later settler. Also occasionally in extended use.

An original inhabitant, an indigenous person; a person belonging to a preliterate, non-industrial society.

poetic. An original inhabitant of a land. Obsolete. rare.

tangata whenua/fɛˈnʊa/, lit. ‘people of the land’, local people (e.g. as opposed to nga manuhiri the visitors).