• Aborigines

    Origin

    From Latin Aborīginēs, possibly from ab orīgine ("from the beginning")

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    Noun

    plural

    1. Plural of aborigine
    2. The original people of a location, originally Greek and Roman.
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    1. Indigenous flora and fauna.
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    1. (history) The inhabitants of a location before colonization by the Europeans occurred. First attested in the early 18th century.
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