🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Ureinwohner

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ˈuːɐ̯ˌʔaɪ̯nˌwoːnɐ/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Aboriginal/ˌæb.əˈrɪdʒ.ɪ.نəl/
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Die Ureinwohner pflegen eine tiefe Verbindung zum Land."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Inhabiting or existing in a land from the earliest times or from before the arrival of colonists; indigenous.

    "The museum exhibits fascinating artifacts depicting aboriginal life and culture."
As noun
  1. 1

    An indigenous inhabitant of a country, especially an Australian Aboriginal person.

    "The conference highlighted the rich oral traditions preserved by the aboriginals of the region."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin phrase 'ab origine', meaning 'from the beginning', composed of 'ab' (from) and 'origo' (origin). Entering English in the 16th century, it initially described anything native or indigenous to a region before becoming specifically associated with the Indigenous peoples of Australia.

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