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aboriginal

/ˌæbəˈrɪdʒənl/adjective

उच्चारण ऐबरिजनल

आदिवासी, मूल निवासी संबंधी

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adjective
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    relating to the original people living in a place, especially Australia, before Europeans arrived

    आदिवासी, मूल निवासी संबंधी

    • aboriginal art
    • the aboriginal people of Australia
    • The museum displays aboriginal paintings that are thousands of years old.
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    • Aboriginal communities in Australia have their own languages and stories.
    • He studied aboriginal customs for his research paper.

    Synonyms indigenous native original first tribal

    Opposite immigrant foreign introduced alien

noun
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    a member of a race of people who were the original people living in a country

    मूल निवासी, आदिवासी

    • the aboriginals of the island
    • The museum honours the aboriginals who lived on the island long before settlers arrived.
    • The government signed an agreement with the aboriginals of the region.
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    • An aboriginal told the visitors about the traditional methods of hunting.
    • The aboriginals were the first people to settle on the land.

    Synonyms native indigenous person aborigine first inhabitant

    Opposite immigrant settler colonist

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≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

indigenous native original first tribal indigenous person aborigine first inhabitant

Antonyms

immigrant foreign introduced alien settler colonist

AaSpelling

ab·o·rig·i·nal

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One-word substitution

The original inhabitants of a country are aborigines, natives or indigenous people; people who move into a country to live there are immigrants; those who settle in a new land settlers or colonists.

किसी देश के मूल निवासी aborigines, natives या indigenous people; किसी देश में रहने आने वाले immigrants; नई भूमि पर बसने वाले settlers या colonists।

General knowledge

India's Scheduled Tribes (Adivasis) are recognized under Article 342.

भारत की अनुसूचित जनजातियाँ (आदिवासी) अनुच्छेद 342 के तहत मान्य हैं।