autochthon

as in aborigine
a member of the first people to inhabit a region the remains of a settlement once occupied by the island's autochthons are much older than previously thought

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Noun
  • The Guanches were aborigines of the Canary Islands.
    JP Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The bill’s sponsors insisted their motives were not racist, although, one of the sponsors, state Sen. Scott Beason, later recorded himself referring to black people as aborigines while wearing a wire for the FBI.
    Kyle Whitmire, al, 22 Nov. 2019
Noun
  • Those clauses were removed in the 1960s, leaving no mention of aboriginals at all.
    The Economist, The Economist, 5 July 2018
  • These people are too far away to show a direct link between them and the Clovis in such a way that indicates the Clovis being the aboriginals of South America.
    Adam Rutherford, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2017
Noun
  • Standing in front of more than 100,000 people packed into Ann Arbor’s Michigan Stadium, the Oklahoma native wasn’t just playing the biggest show of his career.
    Brian McCollum, Freep.com, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Soderstrom, the 23-year-old Turlock native, in his first full Major League season has 25 home runs and 93 RBIs while switching from playing catcher and first base to left field full-time.
    Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2025
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“Autochthon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/autochthon. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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