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Definition of aboriginal adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

aboriginal

adjective
 
/ˌæbəˈrɪdʒənl/
 
/ˌæbəˈrɪdʒənl/
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  1. usually Aboriginal
     relating to the original people living in Australia before Europeans arrived
    • the issue of Aboriginal land rights
  2. relating to the original people, animals, etc. of a place and to a period of time before Europeans arrived
    • the aboriginal peoples of Canada
    • aboriginal art/culture
    synonym indigenousTopics Historyc2
    3. Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin aborigines ‘original inhabitants’ (in classical times referring to those of Italy and Greece, from the Latin phrase ab origine ‘from the beginning’) + -al.
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