Native

Indigenous person belonging to a specific region.

indigenous person local inhabitant

A Native typically refers to an indigenous person belonging to a specific region or area, especially one who is part of the original population of that land.

From Old English nætif, meaning 'born in a place,' from Proto-West Germanic *nātif.

A Native person is someone who has lived in a place for a very long time, like the first people to live there.

What does 'Native' mean? It refers to people who originally lived in a particular area
Who are some examples of Native peoples? Indigenous populations worldwide, such as the Aboriginal Australians or the Māori in New Zealand
Is 'Native' the same as 'Indigenous'? Yes, the terms are often used interchangeably to describe people with historical ties to a land

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