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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ab•o•rig•i•ne /ˌæbəˈrɪdʒəni/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Anthropologyone of the original or earliest known inhabitants of a country or region, esp. of Australia.
See -ori-. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: aborigine /ˌæbəˈrɪdʒɪnɪ/ n - an original inhabitant of a country or region who has been there from the earliest known times
Etymology: 16th Century: back formation from aborigines, from Latin: inhabitants of Latium in pre-Roman times, probably representing some tribal name but associated in folk etymology with ab origine from the beginning ab o•rig•i•ne (äb ō rig′i ne′; Eng. ab ô rij′ə nē′, -ō rij′-),USA pronunciation - Foreign Terms[Latin.]from the very beginning;
from the source or origin.
ab•o•rig•i•ne (ab′ə rij′ə nē),USA pronunciation n. - Anthropologyone of the original or earliest known inhabitants of a country or region.
- Language Varieties, Language Varieties(cap.) Also, Aboriginal. Also called Australian Aborigine. a member of the dark-skinned people who were the earliest inhabitants of Australia.
- aborigines, the original, native fauna or flora of a region.
- Latin Aborīginēs a race of pre-Roman inhabitants of Italy, probably alteration of an earlier ethnonym by association with ab origine
- by back formation from aborigines 1540–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Aborigine /ˌæbəˈrɪdʒɪnɪ/ n - Also called: Aboriginal a member of the indigenous people who were living in Australia when European settlers arrived
- any of the languages of this people
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