variants
or autochthones
as in aborigines
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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natives
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Despite three tumultuous relocations in the past half-century, most recently a defection to Sin City five years ago, the Raiders still have a rabid fan base — at Allegiant, every game day is Halloween — and the natives and transplants (including 62,080 attendees Sunday) are getting restless.—
Michael Silver,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025 -
While Goldstein and the project’s general manager and mixologist Joseph Jebelean are Miami natives, neither are of Haitian descent (Goldstein is Jewish and Jebelean is half-Colombian and half-Romanian).—
Raisa Habersham,
Miami Herald,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Autochthons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/autochthons. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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