: of, relating to, or originating in (a certain place or country)
1
: native or resident of (a specified place or country)
2
a
: language of (a particular place, country, or nationality)
b
: speech, literary style, or diction peculiar to (a specified place, person, group, discipline, subject, or activity)
—usually in words applied in depreciation
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Merriam-Webster unabridged
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