indigenous

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Late Latin indigenus (“native, born in a country”), from indi- (indu-), an old derivative of in (“in”), gen- the root of gignō (“give birth to”), and English -ous. Compare indigene, Ancient Greek ἐνδογενής (endogenḗs, “born in the house”), and the separately formed piecewise doublet endogenous. Unrelated to Indian. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnˈdɪdʒɪnəs/ (General American) enPR: ĭn-dĭj′ə-nəs, ĭn-dĭj′ĭ-nəs, IPA(key): /ɪnˈdɪd͡ʒənəs/, /ɪnˈdɪd͡ʒɪnəs/ Rhymes: -ɪdʒɪnəs, -ɪdʒənəs (Philippines) IPA(key): /ɪnˈdaɪ.d͡ʒɛ.nʊs/ Hyphenation: in‧dig‧e‧nous === Adjective === indigenous (not comparable) Native to a land, especially before colonization. [from 17th c.] In particular, of or relating to a people (or their language or culture) that inhabited a region prior to the arrival of people of other cultures which became dominant (e.g., through colonialism), and which maintains a distinct culture. Innate, inborn. [from 19th c.] Original to a geographical area. ==== Usage notes ==== Some style guides recommend capitalizing Indigenous in reference to the racial, ethnic, or cultural category, while noting that lowercase indigenous has historically been more common. The word is capitalized when it appears as part of the proper name of a recognized ethnic category. For example, Indigenous Australian and Indigenous Canadian are always capitalized. ==== Synonyms ==== (native): aboriginal, autochthonous, local; See also Thesaurus:native (innate, inborn): connatural, natural; See also Thesaurus:innate ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === References === === Further reading === “indigenous”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. indigenous in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “indigenous”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.