INDIGENE

native, indigen, indigene, aborigine, aboriginal

(noun) an indigenous person who was born in a particular place; “the art of the natives of the northwest coast”; “the Canadian government scrapped plans to tax the grants to aboriginal college students”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

indigene (comparative more indigene, superlative most indigene)

(obsolete) Indigenous.

Noun

indigene (plural indigenes)

An indigenous person; a native.

Source: Wiktionary


In"di*gene, n. Etym: [L. indigena: cf. F. indigène. See Indigenous.]

Definition: One born in a country; an aboriginal animal or plant; an autochthon. Evelyn. Tylor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



RESET




Word of the Day

2 July 2025

RESTITUTION

(noun) getting something back again; “upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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