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native

adjective as in domestic; not foreign

noun as in person born where they reside

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Example Sentences

He had shot and wounded his ex-girlfriend early that morning in Baltimore and headed for his native Brooklyn.

While the Clovis, California native may not have completely believed that, he wasn't about to sit around and find out.

They were conducted entirely in Hebrew, a language the U.S. native does not speak, although he was provided a translator.

Hornbuckle, on the other hand, says the policy will not put Native American nations in danger.

And household earnings for illegal immigrants are considerably lower than that of native-born and legal immigrants.

His 6,000 native auxiliaries (as it proved later on) could not be relied upon in a civil war.

She came to know the peculiarities of nearly all native trees.

A native of Haarlem on Zandam, the date of her birth being unknown.

The history of that terrible hour is brightened by many such instances of native fealty.

“We shall make Mr. Pickwick pay for peeping,” said Fogg, with considerable native humour, as he unfolded his papers.

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On this page you'll find 107 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to native, such as: endemic, indigenous, inherent, innate, natural, and constitutional.

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

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