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
  • Breuil based his conclusions on contemporary anthropological observations of the Arunta aborigines in central Australia.
    Roger Lewin, Discover Magazine, 11 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
  • Coleman’s family released a statement on the Louisiana native’s Facebook page.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2025
  • That journey for the Moore, Oklahoma, native begins at the new Wake Forest University School of Medicine — Charlotte campus, the city’s first four-year medical school.
    Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 1 July 2025
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“Autochthon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/autochthon. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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