Aborigines

Meaning

Name

1. (plural, plural-only) Original inhabitants, natives.
2. (Roman, plural, plural-only) The earliest inhabitants of central Italy, from whom the Latins were said to have descended.
3. (plural, plural-only) The native peoples of various regions, especially the Australian Aboriginal peoples, but also the original inhabitants of Canada and Argentina. Often considered offensive.

Noun

plural of Aborigine

Aborigine

An Aboriginal person from Australia (descending from, or a member of, one of the indigenous people(s) before British colonisation), Aboriginal Australian.

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Translations

Αβορίγινες

aborígines

Aborjinler

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin aborīginēs, which see for more.