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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
aboriginal /abəˈrɪdʒɪn(ə)l/
▶adjective inhabiting or existing in a land from the earliest times or from before the arrival of colonists; indigenous.

■ (Aboriginal) relating to or denoting the Australian Aboriginals.

▶noun
  • 1 an aboriginal inhabitant.

    ■ (Aboriginal) a person belonging to one of the indigenous peoples of Australia.

  • 2 (Aboriginal) any of the Australian Aboriginal languages.
– derivatives
Aboriginality noun.
– origin C17: from L. aborigines (see aborigine) + -al.



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aboriginal, indigenous, native [Australian, + others]
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