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autochthonous

adjective as in indigenous

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Example Sentences

If any of the autochthonous idlers asked him what he called himself, he replied shortly, "an engineer."

The Ukrainian race is as nearly autochthonous as any in central or eastern Europe.

Are not the speakers of Celtic languages the descendants of the autochthonous peoples of Western Europe?

It is not probable that the Eupatrid families were all autochthonous, even in the loose sense of that term.

This is so strange an utterance, that it could only have come from one who fancied himself autochthonous.

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On this page you'll find 15 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to autochthonous, such as: aboriginal, autochthonal, autochthonic, domestic, endemic, and indigenous.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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