Indigenous — may refer to: *Indigenous church mission theory *Indigenous peoples, population groups with ancestral connections to place prior to formally recorded (i.e. written) history **Indigenous knowledge (also called Traditional knowledge or Local… … Wikipedia
indigenous — in‧di‧ge‧nous [ɪnˈdɪdʒnəs] adjective indigenous companies, goods etc are found or made in the local area, rather than abroad: • Previous local governments have pursued a policy of attracting in high tech firms at the expense of developing… … Financial and business terms
Indigenous — In*dig e*nous, a. [L. indigenus, indigena, fr. OL. indu (fr. in in) + the root of L. gignere to beget, bear. See {In}, and {Gender}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Native; produced, growing, or living, naturally in a country or climate; not exotic; not… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
indigenous — index born (innate), hereditary, innate, native (domestic), native (inborn), natural … Law dictionary
indigenous — (adj.) 1640s, from L.L. indigenus born in a country, native, from L. indigena sprung from the land, as a noun, a native, lit. in born, or born in (a place), from Old L. indu in, within (earlier endo) + *gene , root of gignere (perf. genui) beget … Etymology dictionary
indigenous — *native, autochthonous, endemic, aboriginal Antonyms: naturalized: exotic Contrasted words: foreign, alien, extraneous (see EXTRINSIC) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
indigenous — [adj] native, inborn aboriginal, autochthonous, chthonic, congenital, connate, domestic, endemic, homegrown, inbred, inherent, inherited, innate, natural, original, primitive, unacquired; concept 549 Ant. alien, foreign … New thesaurus
indigenous — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native. DERIVATIVES indigenously adverb indigenousness noun. ORIGIN from Latin indigena a native … English terms dictionary
indigenous — [in dij′ə nəs] adj. [LL indigenus < L indegena: see INDIGENE] 1. existing, growing, or produced naturally in a region or country; belonging (to) as a native 2. innate; inherent; inborn SYN. NATIVE indigenously adv. indigenousness n … English World dictionary
indigenous — in|di|ge|nous [ınˈdıdʒənəs] adj formal [Date: 1600 1700; : Late Latin; Origin: indigenus, from Latin indigena someone born in a place ] indigenous people or things have always been in the place where they are, rather than being brought there from … Dictionary of contemporary English
indigenous — /ɪnˈdɪdʒənəs / (say in dijuhnuhs) adjective 1. (sometimes followed by to) originating in and characterising a particular region or country; native: the plants indigenous to Canada; an indigenous people; indigenous bird species. 2. Rare (often… …
