indigenous

5 definitions • 12 examples

used to refer to, or relating to, the people who originally lived in a place, rather than people who moved there from somewhere else :

So who are the indigenous people of this land?

The indigenous population has long suffered exclusion and profound injustice.

He studied Mixtec, an indigenous language of Mexico.

used to refer to plants and animals that grow or live naturally in a place, and have not been brought there from somewhere else:

indigenous to Are there any species of frog indigenous to the area?

The snakes are a serious threat to indigenous wildlife owing to their big appetites.

not foreign or from outside an area:

The rise of indigenous Chinese enterprises has posed a threat to Hong Kong companies.

They are doing this by the import of arms from Western sources and by the development of indigenous industries.

existing naturally or having always lived in a place; native:

The Navajos are among the indigenous people of North America.

Are there any species of frog indigenous to the area?

operating or happening in the local area, not in other countries:

indigenous firms

The most profitable indigenous business is cocoa growing.

indigenous tourism