aborigines

Meaning

Noun

  • Plural of aborigine
  • The original people of a location, originally Greek and Roman.
  • Indigenous flora and fauna.
  • The inhabitants of a location before colonization by the Europeans occurred.

Origin

  • From Latin Aborīginēs, possibly from ab orīgine. See aborigo.

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